It was another record breaking October day for cold weather. Environment Canada says Friday morning, Saskatoon set a new record of -16.7 beating out the old record of -16.1 set in 1917.
A couple of other 100 year old, or more, records were broken for overnight lows including Maple Creek which dropped to -15.9 degrees. The prior record was -15.0 set in 1917. Eastend broke it’s 1919 record when the mercury dipped to -18.5 which was the same year a record was last set in Moose Jaw for overnight lows. It was also broken when the temperature dropped to -15.6 degrees.
North Battleford tied it’s old record set in 1991 when the temperature dropped to -14.6 degrees. Records in the area have been kept since 1879.
The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record on
October 23, 2020:
Assiniboia Area
New record of -17.1
Old record of -13.9 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1965
Coronach Area
New record of -22.6
Old record of -19.0 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1961
Eastend Area
New record of -18.5
Old record of -16.1 set in 1919
Records in this area have been kept since 1910
Elbow Area
New record of -14.1
Old record of -11.1 set in 1961
Records in this area have been kept since 1955
Estevan Area
New record of -17.4
Old record of -13.1 set in 1981
Records in this area have been kept since 1900
Lucky Lake Area
New record of -15.1
Old record of -10.2 set in 2002
Records in this area have been kept since 1972
Maple Creek Area
New record of -15.8
Old record of -15.6 set in 1951
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
Rosetown Area
New record of -17.3
Old record of -16.1 set in 1976
Records in this area have been kept since 1913
Saskatoon Area
New record of -16.7
Old record of -16.1 set in 1917
Records in this area have been kept since 1900
Moose Jaw Area
New record of -15.6
Old record of -13.3 set in 1919
Records in this area have been kept since 1894
The following area tied a daily minimum temperature record on
October 23, 2020:
North Battleford Area
Tied record of -14.6 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1879