For the second day in a row Saskatoon has broken a 122-year-old weather record. The mercury plummeted to -40.1 on Tuesday beating out the old record of -38.3 degrees Celsius set in 1903. Also for a second day running a Saskatchewan location was the coldest place in Canada. Tuesday Last Mountain saw the temperature fall to -45.1 degrees Celsius. This morning (Wednesday) the Meadow Lake airport is the coldest place in Canada at -41.7 degrees.
The vast majority of the province remains under an extreme cold warning. Environment Canada says a prolonged extreme cold event continues over Saskatchewan, with the region experiencing extreme wind chill values of minus 40 or lower at times. Temperatures will begin to moderate by Thursday with a significant warm-up expected starting Friday. Seventeen new weather records were set Tuesday.
The following areas set or tied a daily minimum temperature record
on February 18, 2025 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):
ASSINIBOIA AREA (Assiniboia Airport)
New record of -39.2
Old record of -32.5 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1965
BROADVIEW AREA (Broadview)
New record of -41.2
Old record of -40.0 set in 1966
Records in this area have been kept since 1938
CORONACH AREA (Coronach SPC)
New record of -41.1
Old record of -30.1 set in 2020
Records in this area have been kept since 1961
ELBOW AREA (Elbow CS)
New record of -40.8
Old record of -31.7 set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1955
ESTEVAN AREA (Estevan)
New record of -40.3
Old record of -36.1 set in 1903
Records in this area have been kept since 1900
INDIAN HEAD AREA (Indian Head CDA)
New record of -41.4
Old record of -37.8 set in 1903
Records in this area have been kept since 1883
LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE (SANCTUARY) AREA (Last Mountain CS)
New record of -45.1
Old record of -38.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1975
LUCKY LAKE AREA (Lucky Lake)
New record of -37.6
Old record of -30.0 set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1972
MEADOW LAKE AREA (Meadow Lake)
Tied record of -42.7 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1959
MOOSE JAW AREA (Moose Jaw CS)
New record of -42.5
Old record of -38.3 set in 1903
Records in this area have been kept since 1894
OUTLOOK AREA (Outlook PFRA)
New record of -39.1
Old record of -33.9 set in 1929
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
ROCKGLEN AREA (Rockglen (AUT))
New record of -36.1
Old record of -28.7 set in 2020
Records in this area have been kept since 1970
ROSETOWN AREA (Rosetown East)
New record of -40.7
Old record of -38.3 set in 1929
Records in this area have been kept since 1913
SASKATOON AREA (Saskatoon RCS)
New record of -40.1
Old record of -38.3 set in 1903
Records in this area have been kept since 1900
WATROUS AREA (Watrous East)
New record of -42.4
Old record of -40.0 set in 1966
Records in this area have been kept since 1953
WEYBURN AREA (Weyburn)
New record of -39.3
Old record of -34.5 set in 1989
Records in this area have been kept since 1953
WYNYARD AREA (Wynyard (AUT))
New record of -40.5
Old record of -37.2 set in 1966
Records in this area have been kept since 1964
Note: the temperature records reported here have been derived from a
selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record.
Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.
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