Arctic ridge over Sask. breaks 26 more daily cold weather records
Rosetown area broke a record set in 1922 with a new low of –38.1 C
Julia Peterson - CBC News
Posted: February 15, 2021
Last Updated: 6 Hours Ago
After another frigid weekend in Saskatchewan, Environment Canada is reporting a new spate of record daily minimum temperatures.
On Saturday, 17 areas of the province set record lows.
The Rosetown area broke a record that had stood for nearly 100 years — since 1922 — with a new low of –38.1 C. Records keeping in the area started in 1913.
The Nipawin area recorded temperatures of –43.9 C, breaking the previous low for that day of –42.8 C set in 1936. Records in this area have been kept since 1927.
Other records set on Saturday included:
- Broadview area, –41.4 C.
- Coronach area, –37.2 C.
- Elbow area, –40.1 C.
- Hudson Bay area, –41.9 C.
- Indian Head area, –41.1 C.
- Kindersley area, –36.4 C.
- Last Mountain Lake, –42.5 C.
- Lucky Lake area, –36.3 C.
- Meadow Lake area, –37.6 C.
- Melfort area, –41.7 C.
- Rockglen area, –32.9 C.
- Watrous area, –41.5 C.
- Weyburn area, –38.4 C.
- Wynyard area, –39.2 C.
- Yorkton area, –39.2 C.
Nine more daily low temperature records fell on Sunday:
- Assiniboia area, –34.2.
- Coronach area, –36.7.
- Elbow area, –37.5.
- Kindersley area, –34.4.
- Lucky Lake area, –33.3.
- Rockglen area, –32.6.
- Watrous area, –36.2.
- Weyburn area, –36.7.
- Yorkton area, –36.5.
According to Kyle Fougere, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, it is fairly typical to see some extra-cold temperatures in Saskatchewan in February.
"This has been a particularly cold one — we've had very cold temperatures [with] overnight lows of below –40 for several days in Saskatchewan over the last 10 days," he said.