These Manitoba communities smashed their heat records on Wednesday
Multiple Manitoba communities have smashed temperature records, some dating back to 1941.
Environment Canada released a weather summary on Thursday, showing more than 20 communities across the province recorded new record warm temperatures Wednesday due to a mild Pacific air mass travelling over the province.
The communities that set records include:
- Altona: New record of 10.4 C (Old record of 5.0 C set in 1952);
- Arnes: New record of 4.2 C (previous record of 3.9 C set in 1993);
- Berens River: New record of 4.2 C (previous record of 3.9 C set in 1999);
- Carberry: New Record of 4.6 C (previous record of 4.5 C set in 1999);
- Carman: New record of 10.1 C (previous record of 6.5 C set in 1993);
- Deerwood: New record of 10 C (previous record of 8 set in 1993);
- Dominion City: New record of 8.8 C (previous record of 7.8 C set in 1952);
- Emerson: New record of 8.8 C (previous record of 7.8 C set in 1952);
- Fisher Branch: New record of 7.4 C (previous record of 5 C set in 1993);
- Flin Flon: New record of 6.4 C (previous record of 5.5 C set in 1993);
- Gimli: New record of 8.4 C (previous record of 4.4 C set in 1952);
- Grand Rapids: New record of 6.9 C (previous record of 6.0 C set in 1993);
- Gretna: New record of 10.4 C (previous record of 5.0 C set in 1952);
- McCreary: New record of 12.1 C (previous record of 9.5 C set in 1993);
- Melita: New record of 6.2 C (previous record of 4.8 C set in 2012);
- Morden: New record of 11.3 C (previous record of 7.2 C set in 1941);
- Oak Point: New record of 3.6 C (previous record of 2.2 C set in 1973);
- Pilot Mound: New record of 8.1 C (previous record of 3.5 C set in 2009);
- Pine Falls: New record of 9 C (previous record of 6.1 C set in 1952);
- Portage la Prairie: New record of 8.9 C (previous record of 6.0 C set in 1993);
- Sprague: New record of 9.6 C (previous record of 6.1 C set in 1952);
- Steinbach: New record of 5.6 C (previous record of 4.5 C set in 1993);
- The Pas: New record of 7.1 C (previous record of 5.6 set in 1993); and
- Winkler: New record of 11.3 C (previous record of 7.2 C set in 1941).
In Winnipeg, the airport’s weather station recorded a high of 4.7 degrees Celsius, which falls short of the 1952 record of 5 degrees. However, on Wednesday The Forks reported temperatures as high as 7.8 degrees. That’s higher than the 1952 record, but it will not be counted as a new record. ECCC says for its own record-keeping purposes, it records the airport’s station temperatures.
With files from CTV's Colleen Bready
With files from CTV's Colleen Bready
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