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The heat wave in Saskatchewan may have allowed Regina to break a century-old record Tuesday.
According to Environment Canada, the temperature in the Queen City unofficially reached 35.9 C, or 96.6 F. That would break the previous record high for Aug. 18 of 35.0 C, which was set in 1919.
Environment Canada won’t be able to determine the official high for the day until midnight.
Regina was one of a number of centres under a heat warning issued by the weather service.
Saskatchewan is broken up into 32 regions on the Environment Canada alerts page — and 26 of them were put under a heat warning Tuesday morning.
The only regions not included in the warnings were in the north and far north.
“An upper ridge of high pressure over Saskatchewan is bringing very hot conditions to all areas,” the alert read. “After a relatively cool start to the day, temperatures this afternoon peaked in the mid thirties under sunny skies and light winds.”
According to the weather service, heat warnings are issued in the southern part of the province “when two or more consecutive days of daytime maximum temperatures are expected to reach 32 C or warmer and nighttime minimum temperatures are expected to fall to 16 C or warmer.”
They also can be put out when two or more straight days of humidex values of 38 or higher are expected.
In the north, heat warnings take effect when temperatures are expected to hit 29 C or above during the daytime and 14 C or above at night for at least two days in a row, or when two or more consecutive days are expected with humidex values of 34 or higher.
