In the blazing weeks Eastern Ontario has had so far, Jorge McGregor has been sweating it out for a month, trying to find an airconditioner.
"When you call? Sold out, sold out, sold out. 'When will you have?' 'We don't know.' "
Finally, during yet another heat alert, he struck gold at a Canadian Tire in Ottawa. The store can't keep up with demand.
"Last year, we carried over a full tractor trailer of air conditioners we couldn't sell," said Bob Starmans, manager at one Canadian Tire. "Those are all gone, and probably a couple more trailors full."
Hottest since records began
It's officially the world's hottest April to June since temperture records began in 1880, and in Canada records have been smashed since the start of the year.
Remember our mild winter and a snowless Cypress mountain during February's Olympic Winter games in Vancouver?
Those temperatures meant very little snow melt, and no rain in the spring. Call it the invisible drought.
Low waters for area boaters
Normally around July, visitors hearing the roars of Chaudiere Falls. But the hot weather has brought it to a mere trickle. Water levels out of the Ottawa river haven't been this low in 95 years.
That makes for a rocky start to this year's boating season at the Aylmer Marina.
"Very low compared to other years, it's about a metre down, maybe more," said boater Michel Desautels. "So we need to be a bit more careful."
Beer flies off the shelves
But on the plus side, the hottest year in recorded history is great for the King of Beer.
"They come here, they take it by the cart," said Denis Gravelle, who works at the store. "They take five, 10, 20 cases of beer at a time, and it's the warmest summer we have had in a long time."
Environment Canada is forcasting this hot streak to continue. The King of Beer took that into consideration as well.
"I had two tractor-trailers at 6:30 this morning," Gravelle said, "and I'm waiting for two more tonight."
With a report from CTV Ottawa's John Hua
