It was another day of record-setting temperatures across Saskatchewan. Eleven areas either tied or beat their record highs for January 29th, but Saskatoon isn’t among them. Waskesiu hit 9 degrees yesterday, beating the record of 6 degrees set in 2017. Meadow Lake beat their record of 5.1 from 1999. It’s now 7.7 degrees for January 29th.
Here is Environment Canada’s complete list:
Assiniboia Area New record of 8.5 Old record of 6.0 set in 1992 Records in this area have been kept since 1965 Collins Bay Area New record of 2.9 Old record of 0.8 set in 2000 Records in this area have been kept since 1972 Coronach Area New record of 10.7 Old record of 8.8 set in 2012 Records in this area have been kept since 1961 Key Lake Area New record of 5.4 Old record of 5.0 set in 1993 Records in this area have been kept since 1976 Hudson Bay Area New record of 6.2 Old record of 5.0 set in 1989 Records in this area have been kept since 1943 La Ronge Area Tied record of 6.7 set in 1931 Records in this area have been kept since 1923 Meadow Lake Area New record of 7.7 Old record of 5.1 set in 1999 Records in this area have been kept since 1959 Rockglen Area New record of 10.5 Old record of 8.3 set in 2012 Records in this area have been kept since 1970 Southend Reindeer Area New record of 6.1 Old record of 1.7 set in 2000 Records in this area have been kept since 1938 Waskesiu Lake Area New record of 9.0 Old record of 6.0 set in 2017 Records in this area have been kept since 1966 Weyburn Area New record of 4.7 Old record of 4.5 set in 1992 Records in this area have been kept since 1953