Kyle Sooley-Brookings
Mar 22, 20213 min
The first day of spring in Manitoba certainly felt like it on Saturday in Manitoba.
Temperatures soared into the teens in several areas breaking several temperature records across the province.
A total of 24 temperature records were broken across the province.
The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record on Saturday, March 20, 2021:
Carberry
New record of 15.7
Old record of 11.4 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1962
Carman
New record of 18.3
Old record of 17.2 set in 1910
Records in this area have been kept since 1895
Dauphin
New record of 14.2
Old record of 12.8 set in 1918
Records in this area have been kept since 1890
Deerwood
New record of 17.7
Old record of 13.5 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1952
Emerson
New record of 18.1
Old record of 15.6 set in 1946
Records in this area have been kept since 1893
Fisher Branch
New record of 14.1
Old record of 13.7 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1960
Gillam
New record of 9.9
Old record of 9.4 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1943
Gimli
New record of 15.2
Old record of 13.7 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1944
Grand Rapids
Tied record of 10.5 set in 2003
Records in this area have been kept since 1960
Gretna
New record of 18.0
Old record of 14.5 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1949
McCreary
New record of 17.4
Old record of 11.0 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1968
Melita
New record of 17.0
Old record of 14.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1936
Morden
New record of 18.0
Old record of 16.7 set in 1910
Records in this area have been kept since 1895
Oak Point
New record of 12.1
Old record of 8.0 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1970
Pilot Mound
New record of 16.8
Old record of 14.4 set in 1945
Records in this area have been kept since 1938
Pinawa
New record of 15.8
Old record of 14.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
Pine Falls
New record of 14.3
Old record of 12.5 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1922
Portage La Prairie
New record of 18.1
Old record of 17.2 set in 1889
Records in this area have been kept since 1886
Shoal Lake
New record of 13.6
Old record of 8.9 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1962
Sprague
New record of 16.4
Old record of 15.0 set in 1938
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
Steinbach
New record of 17.4
Old record of 14.5 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1956
Swan River
New record of 11.1
Old record of 8.5 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1960
Thompson
New record of 12.8
Old record of 10.9 set in 2003
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Winnipeg
New record of 17.3
Old record of 13.9 set in 1878
Records in this area have been kept since 1872
Based on ECCC Data