Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado near Saskatoon last week. The national weather forecast says they received multiple reports and photos but there were no reports of damage from the tornado which touch down 10 kilometres north of Saskatoon at approximately 12:25 p.m. on May 12th. The tornado was brief, it is considered a landspout tornado and has been given a preliminary rating of EF0.
Meanwhile, 20 daytime high records were beat or tied on Monday May 17th in Saskatchewan including the province’s two largest cities. In Saskatoon the mercury topped out at 32 degrees breaking a record set in 1901 and for Regina, the province’s capital tied a record set in 2010 when the daytime high reached 31.7 degrees Celsius.
New Weather records set on May 17th, 2021
Assiniboia Area New Record of 30.4 Old Record of 28.4 set in 2007 Records in this area have been kept since 1965 Broadview Area New Record of 29.6 Old Record of 29.1 set in 1994 Records in this area have been kept since 1938 Elbow Area New Record of 32.2 Old Record of 30.0 set in 1972 Records in this area have been kept since 1955 Hudson Bay Area New Record of 31.4 Old Record of 28.7 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1943 Last Mountain Lake (Sanctuary) Area New Record of 31.5 Old Record of 27.0 set in 1988 Records in this area have been kept since 1975 Lucky Lake Area New Record of 31.9 Old Record of 27.7 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1972 Melfort Area New Record of 32.0 Old Record of 29.0 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1910 Moose Jaw Area New Record of 31.9 Old Record of 31.7 set in 1964 Records in this area have been kept since 1894 Nipawin Area New Record of 33.0 Old Record of 29.8 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1927 North Battleford Area New Record of 30.8 Old Record of 30.1 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1879 Outlook Area New Record of 32.5 Old Record of 31.1 set in 1964 Records in this area have been kept since 1915 Regina Area Tied record of 31.7 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1883 Rosetown Area New Record of 32.6 Old Record of 30.7 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1913 Saskatoon Area New Record of 32.6 Old Record of 30.6 set in 1901 Records in this area have been kept since 1900 Spiritwood Area New Record of 30.5 Old Record of 29.0 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1923 Swift Current Area New Record of 31.2 Old Record of 30.7 set in 2006 Records in this area have been kept since 1885 Waskesiu Lake Area New Record of 30.7 Old Record of 28.7 set in 2010 Records in this area have been kept since 1966 Watrous Area New Record of 31.7 Old Record of 29.4 set in 1964 Records in this area have been kept since 1953 Wynyard Area New Record of 29.9 Old Record of 27.4 set in 1988 Records in this area have been kept since 1964 Yorkton Area New Record of 30.9 Old Record of 28.9 set in 1970 Records in this area have been kept since 1941