Welcome to sun-drenched South Bayview on February 3

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By mid afternoon South Bayview was beautiful

Men in shirt sleeves, joggers in shorts, an open-jacketed stroll with Fido and an inviting opportunity to let the sun shine on your face. That was our favorite high street on a February 3 like no other it has seen. Thanks to a Texas low pressure system we received a funneling of warm air that made this the warmest post groundhog day in history. Forecasters predicted that previous record highs would be shattered when the temperature passed 9 C Wednesday morning. At 2 p.m., the mercury hit 15.5 C at Pearson International Airport. The previous record set at the airport was 9.3 C in 1991.