Weird weather hits Kincardine area over the past week

If you were hoping for a sunny, hot Victoria Day weekend on the beaches in the Kincardine area, you were likely disappointed.

The weather has been rather weird over the past week.

Wednesday and Thursday felt like summer with a high temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and heavy wind. This created dusty conditions for farmers trying to work their fields and plant them.



Dust blows across Lake Range Drive, from a tractor working a field at the farm of Dwain Lowry, just north of Point Clark, Saturday afternoon

Friday was a return to chilly weather and a high of about 15 degrees Celsius, and Saturday was perhaps the best day of the weekend with sunshine and a high of almost 20 degrees Celsius. However, it was hard to convince the volunteers at the Ripley and District Horticultural Society's plant sale as they huddled in the gazebo at Lewis Park, wearing ear muffs and winter coats.

Torrential rain and high wind blew through the area Sunday, completely saturating everything, and even though the temperature was 20 degrees Celsius, it felt more like 15 degrees Celsius.



Pouring rain along Kennard Crescent, Kincardine, Sunday afternoon

As for the holiday Monday, it was cold and breezy with a chance of rain. And that's the forecast for the rest of the week.



The heavy rainfall Sunday caused significant run-off, turning the water a muddy brown in the Kincardine Harbour and right out the channel into Lake Huron, Monday