After a record cold February, Environment Canada's forecast shows a warming trend.
High temperatures are to edge above the freezing mark over the weekend and climb to 10 C (50 F) by Wednesday of next week.
Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson says it appears we have turned the corner.
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Since mid February eight new record cold temperatures have been set in Sarnia Another long standing record low fell Friday morning. The mercury at Chris Hadfield Airport dropped to -19.9 C (-4 F), narrowly breaking the previous mark for March 6 of -19.4 C set in 1978. New record lows were set in 15 Ontario centres including Ridgetown where a record dating back to 1890 was smashed. Five extreme cold warnings were also issued in February in Sarnia-Lambton.