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24 warm weather records broken in Manitoba

A warm Pacific air mass sweeping across western Canada has brought spring-like temperatures and sprouted dozens of new temperature records in Manitoba.

Some new records are more than double the previous mark

Darren Bernhardt · CBC News ·
Two teenage boys stand side by side in shorts, holding golf clubs with snow in the background.
Jaxon Evason, left, and Bryce Bolin donned shorts and broke out the golf clubs to hit the shooting range on Wednesday in Winnipeg. (Jaison Empson/CBC)

A warm Pacific air mass sweeping across Western Canada has brought spring-like temperatures and sprouted dozens of new temperature records in Manitoba.

Environment Canada meteorologist Chris Stammers says 24 new records were set on Wednesday, from The Pas in the north to Emerson in the south.

The hottest spot in the province was McCreary, near Riding Mountain National Park, at 12.1 C, breaking a record of 9.4 C, set back in 1993.

Some new records are less than a degree warmer than the old ones, while others are more than double the previous mark.

And while the sunshine warmed up Winnipeg to 7.3 at The Forks, it only reached 4.7 C at the airport, where the official temperature is marked. That left it just shy of the record of 5 C, set in 1952.

The normal temperature for this time of year in the southern half of Manitoba is a high around –12 C and an overnight low around –21 C.

In addition to McCreary, the following communities set new daily highs on Wednesday:

  • Altona: 10.4 C (old record of 5 C set in 1952).
  • Arnes: 8.4 C (old record of 4.4 C set in 1952).
  • Berens River: 4.2 C (old record of 3.9 C set in 1993).
  • Carberry: 4.6 C (old record of 4.5 C set in 1999).
  • Carman: 10.1 C (old record of 6.5 C set in 1993).
  • Deerwood: 10 C (old record of 8 C set in 1993).
  • Dominion City: 8.8 C (old record of 7.8 C set in 1952).
  • Emerson: 8.8 C (old record of 7.8 C set in 1952).
  • Fisher Branch: 7.4 C (old record of 5 C set in 1993).
  • Flin Flon: 6.4 C (old record of 5.5 C set in 1993).
  • Gimli: 8.4 C (old record of 4.4 C set in 1952).
  • Grand Rapids: 6.9 C (old record of 6 C set in 1993).
  • Gretna: 10.4 C (old record of 5 C set in 1952).
  • Melita: 6.2 C (old record of 4.8 C set in 2012).
  • Morden: 11.3 C (old record of 7.2 C set in 1941).
  • Oak Point: 3.6 C (old record of 2.2 C set in 1973).
  • Pilot Mound: 8.1 C (old record of 3.5 C set in 2009).
  • Pine Falls: 9 C (old record of 6.1 C set in 1952).
  • Portage la Prairie: 8.9 C (old record of 6 C set in 1993).
  • Sprague: 9.6 C (old record of 6.1 C set in 1952).
  • Steinbach: 5.6 C (old record of 4.5 C set in 1993).
  • The Pas: 7.1 C (old record of 5.6 C set in 1993).
  • Winkler: 11.3 C (old record of 7.2 C set in 1941).

Environment Canada forecasts temperatures will remain well above normal across many parts of the province into the start of next week, with the potential for more old records to fall.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darren Bernhardt

Reporter

Darren Bernhardt specializes in offbeat and local history stories. He is the author of two bestselling books: The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the Heart of the Continent, and Prairie Oddities: Punkinhead, Peculiar Gravity and More Lesser Known Histories.

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