Unseasonably warm weather has hit a large swatch of Saskatchewan, sending temperatures soaring for this time of year and creating mucky streets in communities everywhere. The warm up has also prompted various fog advisories for the province over the past few days and new weather records were set according to Environment Canada.
Several communities tied or exceeded temperature records on Wednesday including Maple Creek which climbed to 14.9C surpassing it’s old record of 12.8C in 1964. Other communities to see new records were Rockglen, reaching 7.2 (1.2 degrees warmer than its 1993 record) and Prince Albert climbed to 6.4C on Wednesday, smashing it’s previous record of 4.4C set in 1995.
Wednesday’s reported temperatures from Environment Canada:
BUFFALO NARROWS AREA New record of 8.9 Old record of 8.5 set in 2012 CYPRESS HILLS (PROVINCIAL PARK) AREA New record of 11.8 Old record of 11.5 set in 1992 MEADOW LAKE AREA New record of 6.4 Old record of 5.1 set in 2009 SOUTHEND REINDEER AREA (Southend) New record of 4.4 Old record of 3.3 set in 1964 YORKTON AREA Tied record of 2.7 set in 1991
Thursday’s forecast is predicting temperatures of 6 to 8C in Regina and southern Saskatchewan which means more records may be tied or exceeded today. The warm weather appears to be sticking around for several more days yet with 7 degrees expected on Sunday.
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