Kyle Sooley-Brookings
Oct 22, 20201 min
Several locations in both Alberta and Manitoba set new minimum temperature records.
On Tuesday six locations in Alberta and four areas of Manitoba broke records. The locations were as follows:
Breton Area
New record of -10.7
Old record of -6.0 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1939
Edmonton int'l Aprt
New record of -15.4
Old record of -11.7 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1959
Highvale Area
New record of -12.0
Old record of -7.5 set in 2004
Records in this area have been kept since 1977
Red Earth Creek Area
New record of -14.4
Old record of -10.1 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1994
Stony Plain Area
New record of -11.2
Old record of -8.2 set in 2004
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Altona Area
New record of -11.3
Old record of -8.5 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1949
Gretna Area
New record of -11.3
Old record of -8.5 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1949
McCreary Area
New record of -12.3
Old record of -11.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1968
Portage La Prairie Area
New record of -13.9
Old record of -10.3 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1886
Temperatures have been cool across the Prairies this week.
Based on ECCC Data