Some long-standing records fell on Thursday starting with Prince Albert which broke a 139-year-old daytime high record for February 5th. The new record is 8.9 degrees Celsius while the old record was 7.2 degrees. Weather records have been kept in the Prince Albert area since 1884.
Five records all set in 1991 also fell yesterday in Assiniboia, Meadow Lake, Melfort, North Battleford and Wynyard. In total 14 daily maximum temperature records were set or tied on Thursday.
Maple Creek was the hot spot in the province at 14.7 degrees and also set a new record for daytime high beating out the old record of 14.6 degrees set in 1993. The hotspot in Canada was Lethbridge at 20 degrees Celsius. The temperature in Saskatoon Thursday topped out at 5.7 degrees.
The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record
on February 5, 2026 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):
ASSINIBOIA AREA (Assiniboia Airport)
Tied record of 9.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1965
CORONACH AREA (Coronach SPC)
New record of 10.9
Old record of 10.0 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1961
CYPRESS HILLS (PROVINCIAL PARK) AREA (Cypress Hills Park)
New record of 11.9
Old record of 10.0 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1918
KINDERSLEY AREA (Kindersley Airport)
New record of 7.4
Old record of 7.2 set in 1963
Records in this area have been kept since 1942
LUCKY LAKE AREA (Lucky Lake)
New record of 7.7
Old record of 4.1 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1972
MAPLE CREEK AREA (Maple Creek)
New record of 14.7
Old record of 14.6 set in 1993
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
MEADOW LAKE AREA (Meadow Lake)
New record of 7.9
Old record of 4.6 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1959
MELFORT AREA (Melfort)
New record of 5.5
Old record of 5.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1910
NORTH BATTLEFORD AREA (North Battleford RCS)
New record of 8.0
Old record of 6.4 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1879
PRINCE ALBERT AREA (Prince Albert Glass Field)
New record of 8.9
Old record of 7.2 set in 1886
Records in this area have been kept since 1884
ROCKGLEN AREA (Rockglen (AUT))
New record of 11.0
Old record of 6.8 set in 2012
Records in this area have been kept since 1970
SCOTT AREA (Scott CDA)
New record of 5.9
Old record of 5.6 set in 1954
Records in this area have been kept since 1911
SPIRITWOOD AREA (Spiritwood West)
New record of 8.3
Old record of 7.2 set in 1961
Records in this area have been kept since 1923
WYNYARD AREA (Wynyard (AUT))
New record of 7.4
Old record of 6.0 set in 1991
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.