Winnipeggers accustomed to bone-chilling temperatures in January are continuing to get a break from the cold.
On Thursday, the city broke the Jan. 5 record for a daytime temperature.
The previous record for a daytime high in Winnipeg on Jan. 5 was set in 1984 when it reached 4.3 C.
By 4 p.m. Thursday, the temperature in the city was sitting at 6.1 C.
Other towns in Manitoba broke records with Brandon reaching 7 C, Winkler hitting 11 C and Portage la Prairie reaching 10 C by 3 p.m. on Jan. 5.
In Brandon, city officials said Jan. 5 that use of the Skating Oval off of McGregor Avenue, as well as the Hanbury Hill toboggan hill, is not recommended at this time because of the warm-weather conditions.
While some businesses have been facing challenges due to the warm weather, others have been benefiting from it, such as G.G. Gelati on Corydon Avenue.
"Because of the warm weather, more people are enjoying their gelati and more people (are) coming out, especially families with young kids," said Silvana Livingstone from G.G. Gelati.
In Winnipeg, officials announced the Assiniboine Park Duck Pond was not open for skating on Jan. 5. More details on conditions will be available online at: http://assiniboinepark.ca/
One climatologist told CTV News the unusually warm weather should act as a warning.
"Everything we see scientifically keeps pointing in the same direction - it tells us that changes are going on in our climate system and we really need to make a change now," said David Barber from the Centre for Earth Observation Science.
Winnipeg's normal daytime high for this time of year is -13 C, while lows usually sit at around - 24 C.
- with a report from CTV's Deborah Mensah-Bonsu
