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Hot stuff! Metro breaks a March record, Yesterday was the hottest March 25 in Toronto in the 146 years weather records have been kept, so Geoff Gerste(...)
Hot stuff! Metro breaks a March record, Yesterday was the hottest March 25 in Toronto in the 146 years weather records have been kept, so Geoff Gerste(...)

Hot stuff! Metro breaks a March record, Yesterday was the hottest March 25 in Toronto in the 146 years weather records have been kept, so Geoff Gerste(...)

Date3/25/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hot stuff! Metro breaks a March record; Yesterday was the hottest March 25 in Toronto in the 146 years weather records have been kept; so Geoff Gerster went shirtless for tennis in High Park. Downtown reached 18.4C (65F) and at Pearson International Airport; the high was 19.6C (67F). The thermometer reached 17C (63F) at mid-morning today. Expect more of the same for Easter.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0014868F
Weather Eye: Environment Canada weather co-ordinator Barb Grogan takes rainfall readings at the U of T station, where daily records have been kept continuously since 1840
Weather Eye: Environment Canada weather co-ordinator Barb Grogan takes rainfall readings at the U of T station, where daily records have been kept continuously since 1840
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One would ever have thought one could lie on green grass under a warm sun at this time of year in Metro? But April's summerlike weather has awakened t(...)
One would ever have thought one could lie on green grass under a warm sun at this time of year in Metro? But April's summerlike weather has awakened t(...)
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The temperature soared to 23 Celsius (73F) yesterday in downtown Toronto, equalling record for day set in 1946, and no one appreciated it more than Jo(...)
3/29/1977
It,s mud puddle weather, It's not yet officially spring, but the weather seems so as Sarah Clark, 7 in rubber wading boots, plods through a king-size (...)
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3/18/1969
Quality Records produces about 25 million records a year
Quality Records produces about 25 million records a year
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Winter takes its march break, Janie Bennett, left, and Leslie Gash prepare for a picnic at Beaches Park as others also enjoy yesterday's near-record h(...)
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It's too late for tobogganing and too early for swimming so these youngsters on their winter break slalom on their bicycles in empty wading pool of ne(...)
3/20/1974
Floyd Clark records weather data. In April he'll have to switch to metric system
Floyd Clark records weather data. In April he'll have to switch to metric system
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When you're hot, you're hot, Whether it was at the Toronto Dominion Centre, above, or Metro's beaches, many people found the best way to beat the heat(...)
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8/9/1980
Anthony Davis, Toronto's latest football hero, breaks through for a touchdown and then acknowledges cheers of the record crowd. Davis (28) hits the li(...)
Anthony Davis, Toronto's latest football hero, breaks through for a touchdown and then acknowledges cheers of the record crowd. Davis (28) hits the li(...)
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Anthony Davis, Toronto's latest football hero, breaks through for a touchdown and then acknowledges cheers of the record crowd. Davis (28) hits the li(...)
Anthony Davis, Toronto's latest football hero, breaks through for a touchdown and then acknowledges cheers of the record crowd. Davis (28) hits the li(...)
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