Kyle Sooley-Brookings

Feb 12, 20214 min

Cold Weather Continues Grip on Western Canada

Current Conditions in Winnipeg at 8:00 am

Cold weather continues across the western half of Canada. Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan continue to break cold temperature records.

Across the three Prairie provinces and northern Ontario, wind chill between minus 40 and minus 50 will continue for the next several days. Areas of British Columbia under the extreme cold warning can see wind chill values between minus 35 and minus 45.

There are also Arctic outflow warnings in effect with wind chill values ranging from minus 10 to minus 20 this morning.

A warm-up is expected by mid next week.

Alberta

The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record on

Wednesday February 10, 2021. Values given in degrees Celsius.

Bow Island Area

New record of -34.2

Old record of -30.9 set in 2018

Records in this area have been kept since 1961

Cardston Area

Tied record of -35.6 set in 1939

Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Claresholm Area

New record of -33.8

Old record of -33.1 set in 2019

Records in this area have been kept since 1951

Coronation Area

New record of -35.8

Old record of -35.2 set in 1985

Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Drumheller Area

New record of -37.7

Old record of -33.0 set in 2018

Records in this area have been kept since 1923

Hendrickson Creek Area

New record of -41.6

Old record of -39.1 set in 2019

Records in this area have been kept since 1995

Milk River Area

New record of -36.0

Old record of -29.5 set in 2018

Records in this area have been kept since 1994

Nordegg Area

New record of -38.3

Old record of -37.8 set in 1922

Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Pincher Creek Area

New record of -34.2

Old record of -33.6 set in 2019

Records in this area have been kept since 1893

Sundre Area

New record of -38.2

Old record of -35.0 set in 2014

Records in this area have been kept since 1993

Taber Area

New record of -33.8

Old record of -33.7 set in 2018

Records in this area have been kept since 1947

British Columbia

The following areas will have set or tied a daily minimum

temperature record on Thursday February 11, 2021:

Burns Lake Area (Burns Lake Decker Lake)

Preliminary new record of -38.7

Old record of -37.2 set in 1975

Records in this area have been kept since 1949

Clinton Area (Clinton RCS)

Preliminary new record of -32.3

Old record of -27.2 set in 1975

Records in this area have been kept since 1974

Hope Area (Hope Airport)

Preliminary new record of -13.3

Old record of -11.1 set in 1939

Records in this area have been kept since 1936

Nakusp Area (Nakusp CS)

Preliminary new record of -14.2

Old record of -13.9 set in 2019

Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Puntzi Mountain Area (Puntzi Mountain (AUT))

Preliminary new record of -45.6

Old record of -36.7 set in 1975

Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Sparwood Area (Sparwood CS)

Preliminary new record of -30.5

Old record of -23.8 set in 2019

Records in this area have been kept since 1969

Squamish Area (Squamish Airport)

Preliminary new record of -7.9

Old record of -6.0 set in 1989

Records in this area have been kept since 1960

Tatlayoko Lake Area (Tatlayoko Lake RCS)

Preliminary new record of -34.3

Old record of -27.2 set in 1975

Records in this area have been kept since 1930

Whistler Area (Whistler - Nesters)

Currently tied record of -17.0 set in 2019

Records in this area have been kept since 1950

Williams Lake Area (Williams Lake A)

Preliminary new record of -32.2

Old record of -27.8 set in 1975

Records in this area have been kept since 1960

Yoho (National Park) Area (Yoho Park)

Preliminary new record of -34.0

Old record of -33.9 set in 1951

Records in this area have been kept since 1923

Saskatchewan

The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record on

Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Values given in degrees Celsius.

Collins Bay Area

New record of -40.9

Old record of -39.5 set in 1981

Records in this area have been kept since 1972

Key Lake Area

New record of -47.6

Old record of -45.5 set in 1994

Records in this area have been kept since 1976

Rockglen Area

New record of -31.9

Old record of -30.1 set in 2008

Records in this area have been kept since 1970

Southend Reindeer Area

New record of -44.1

Old record of -41.7 set in 1959

Records in this area have been kept since 1938

The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record on

Thursday, February 11, 2021. Values given in degrees Celsius.

Assiniboia Area

New record of -33.1

Old record of -32.3 set in 2018

Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Cypress Hills Area

New record of -33.6

Old record of -30.0 set in 1923

Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Elbow Area

New record of -37.7

Old record of -33.0 set in 1981

Records in this area have been kept since 1955

Kindersley Area

New record of -36.9

Old record of -34.4 set in 2018

Records in this area have been kept since 1942

Last Mountain Lake Area

New record of -37.7

Old record of -36.0 set in 1981

Records in this area have been kept since 1975

Meadow Lake Area

New record of -40.4

Old record of -39.7 set in 1979

Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Outlook Area

New record of -35.8

Old record of -35.6 set in 1922

Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Rockglen Area

New record of -33.3

Old record of -27.9 set in 2000

Records in this area have been kept since 1970

Rosetown Area

New record of -39.2

Old record of -37.8 set in 1936

Records in this area have been kept since 1913

Saskatoon Area

New record of -39.2

Old record of -38.9 set in 1905

Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Watrous Area

New record of -36.7

Old record of -35.0 set in 1955

Records in this area have been kept since 1953

Wynyard Area

New record of -36.4

Old record of -36.1 set in 1967

Records in this area have been kept since 1964

Yorkton Area

New record of -39.1

Old record of -37.2 set in 1967

Records in this area have been kept since 1941

Based on ECCC Data