Sask. set 13 new heat records on Sunday: Environment Canada

Sep 9, 2024 | 9:15 AM

The scorching heat on Sunday toppled a number of heat records around Saskatchewan.

Many of the records had been standing for more than four decades.

According to preliminary figures from Environment Canada, Sunday marked the hottest September 8 on record in 13 communities around the province:

Elbow: 34.8 C (previous record was 34.5 C, set in 1981)
Indian Head: 34 C (previous record was 32.6 C, set in 2003)
Last Mountain Lake: 34.8 C (previous record was 33 C, set in 1981)
Lucky Lake: 35.1 C (previous record was 33.5 C, set in 2017)
Maple Creek 34.5 C (previous record was 33.6 C, set in 2017)
Moose Jaw: 34.8 C (previous record was 34.4 C, set in 1981)
Outlook: 34.4 C (previous record was 34 C, set in 1981)
Rockglen: 31.8 C (previous record was 31.4 C, set in 1998)
Swift Current: 34.1 C (previous record was 34 C, set in 1981)
Watrous: 35.1 C (previous record was 33 C, set in 1981)
Weyburn: 33.2 C (previous record was 33 C, set in 1982)
Wynyard: 32 C (previous record was 31.4 C, set in 1981)
Yorkton: 33.3 C (previous record was 32.7 C, set in 2003)