Port Alberni has experienced a spate of record-breaking heat in the past two weeks. As in, breaking century-old records.

Which wouldnB次元官网网址檛 be odd if this were August and not October.

The city has broken so many records, itB次元官网网址檚 hard to keep up with them.

On Thursday, Oct. 13, Port Alberni recorded 25.7 degrees Celsius, breaking the old record of 22.8 C set in 1916.

On election day Saturday, Oct. 15, Port AlberniB次元官网网址檚 high was 27.6 degrees Celsius, breaking the record of 22.7 degrees set on the same day in 2002. On Sunday, Oct. 16, we were the provincial hot spot at 26.3 C, shattering a 115-year-old record by three degrees.

Port Alberni was B.C.B次元官网网址檚 hot spot again on Oct. 18, reaching 22.6 degrees at 4:30 p.m.

The Alberni Valley hasnB次元官网网址檛 had much rain since early June. Remember when we were wondering when summer would start?

B次元官网网址淭he airport (weather station) recorded a couple small rain showers in September, but we havenB次元官网网址檛 had a real rain event lasting through multiple days since the end of July,B次元官网网址� said Chris Alemany, who monitors weather for his website, Alberniweather.ca.

On July 4, the weather station at the airport recorded 16.2 millimetres of rain. The city had a total of 30.4 mm of rain in July. Less than one millimetre was recorded for August, and 5.7 mm for September (a whopping 3.3 mm fell on Sept. 4).

Port Alberni has had zero rain through the first 18 days of October, although that will likely change this weekend. Environment Canada is predicting rain starting on Friday, Oct. 21 (with sunny breaks on Saturday) and running until Monday, Oct. 24. Temperatures are going to dip during the day to 12 degrees Celsius.

By Halloween weB次元官网网址檒l probably be pining for summer again.