Environment Canada says southerly winds brought unseasonably warm weather to much of Saskatchewan on Tuesday. Almost a dozen new hot weather records were set in Saskatchewan on the last day of September. Elbow, on Lake Diefenbaker, with a daytime high of 31.9 degrees was not only the hot spot in the province but the hot spot in the country. Elbow also set a new daytime high record beating out the old record of 30 degrees Celsius set in 1992.
A couple of other daytime highs at 30.5 and 30.2 degrees, for Melfort and Nipawin respectively, also broke records set in 1992. Saskatoon’s daytime high Tuesday was 30.2 while Prince Albert topped out at 28.9 degrees Celsius but neither city set a new daytime high record.
The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on
September 30, 2025 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):
ELBOW AREA (Elbow CS)
New record of 31.9
Old record of 30.0 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1955
HUDSON BAY AREA (Hudson Bay(AUT))
New record of 30.0
Old record of 28.0 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1943
LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE (SANCTUARY) AREA (Last Mountain CS)
New record of 30.1
Old record of 29.0 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1975
LUCKY LAKE AREA (Lucky Lake)
New record of 31.2
Old record of 28.6 set in 2011
Records in this area have been kept since 1972
MELFORT AREA (Melfort)
New record of 30.5
Old record of 28.5 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1910
NIPAWIN AREA (Nipawin)
New record of 30.2
Old record of 29.1 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1927
ROCKGLEN AREA (Rockglen (AUT))
New record of 30.2
Old record of 26.7 set in 1973
Records in this area have been kept since 1970
WASKESIU LAKE AREA (Waskesiu Lake)
New record of 24.5
Old record of 24.4 set in 1970
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
WATROUS AREA (Watrous East)
New record of 31.0
Old record of 30.5 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1953
WYNYARD AREA (Wynyard (AUT))
New record of 30.3
Old record of 28.8 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1964
YORKTON AREA (Yorkton)
New record of 29.4
Old record of 28.9 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1941
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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