While an atmospheric river is again providing record rainfall in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan are seeing high temperature records fall. Eleven new temperature records were set in Alberta Monday.
The hotspot in Saskatchewan Monday was Maple Creek when the mercury reached 12 degrees Celsius. That actually wasn’t a record for Maple Creek, but 12 other communities in the province set new record daytime highs for January 12th.
The majority of the temperature records date back to the mid-eighties and nineties, but La Ronge broke a 98-year-old record with a new daytime high of 7.3 degrees. That beat out the old record of 5.6 set in 1928. Records in the area have been kept since 1923.
The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on
January 12, 2026 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):
BUFFALO NARROWS AREA (Buffalo Narrows (AUT))
New record of 7.0
Old record of 6.0 set in 1985
Records in this area have been kept since 1962
CYPRESS HILLS (PROVINCIAL PARK) AREA (Cypress Hills Park)
New record of 10.6
Old record of 10.3 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1918
KEY LAKE AREA (Key Lake)
New record of 1.6
Old record of 0.5 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1976
LA RONGE AREA (La Ronge RCS)
New record of 7.3
Old record of 5.6 set in 1928
Records in this area have been kept since 1923
MEADOW LAKE AREA (Meadow Lake)
New record of 8.4
Old record of 4.1 set in 1985
Records in this area have been kept since 1959
MELFORT AREA (Melfort)
New record of 4.3
Old record of 3.5 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1910
NIPAWIN AREA (Nipawin)
New record of 5.8
Old record of 4.4 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1927
PRINCE ALBERT AREA (Prince Albert Glass Field)
New record of 7.4
Old record of 4.8 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1884
ROCKGLEN AREA (Rockglen (AUT))
New record of 6.2
Old record of 5.9 set in 2010
Records in this area have been kept since 1970
SCOTT AREA (Scott CDA)
New record of 6.3
Old record of 5.5 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1911
SOUTHEND REINDEER AREA (Southend)
New record of 1.7
Old record of 1.3 set in 2021
Records in this area have been kept since 1938
WASKESIU LAKE AREA (Waskesiu Lake)
New record of 8.3
Old record of 5.5 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1966