Maple Creek, Sask., Canada's hotspot at 19 C
CBC News | Posted: February 15, 2017 9:38 PM | Last Updated: February 16, 2017
Warm temperatures break records
People in southwest Saskatchewan were enjoying some of the warmest temperatures in the country Wednesday afternoon.
Environment Canada reported around 2 p.m. CST that Maple Creek was the warmest spot in Canada as it reached 18.9 C. That breaks the community's previous record for Feb. 15: 11 C set in 1981.
Toronto's temperature Wednesday afternoon was –1 C, while Vancouver was reporting 10.6 C.
Maple Creek wasn't the only place setting a record in Saskatchewan.
Records set on Wednesday:
- Moose Jaw reaching 10.2 C, beating the previous record of 8.3 C from 1916.
- Swift Current reaching 11.4 C, beating the previous record of 8.3 C from 1916.
- Key Lake reaching 5 C, beating the previous record of 3.9 C from 1977.
- Elbow reaching 9.3 C, beating the previous record of 5.2 C from 1983.
- Kindersley reaching 6 C, beating the previous record of 4.8 C from 1943.
- Watrous reaching 6.2 C, beating the previous record of 5.5 C from 2002.
- Wynyard reaching 8.3 C, beating the previous record of 4.6 C from 2011.