The heat wave on the Island makes history as the hottest day. (Jay Scotland/CBC - image credit)

The temperature in parts of Prince Edward Island on Tuesday was hot enough to scorch a new record into the province's logbooks.

A temperature of 39.5 Celsius was observed at the UPEI Climate Lab's Fox Island station near Alberton, and a recording device at Maple Plains in central P.E.I. registered a high of 38.1 C.

Both topped the previous hottest-day-ever record of 36.7, set in Charlottetown on Aug. 19, 1935.

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"This is a sobering record to break, especially during this extremely dry period where Island rainfall is between 70 mm to 110+ mm below average over the last two months," said CBC meteorologist Jay Scotland.

"Climate scienti

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