Seven Saskatchewan communities broke heat records on Saturday: Environment Canada

Heat records fell in seven Saskatchewan communities over the weekend.

Environment Canada confirmed that on Saturday, seven communities around the province recorded the warmest temperatures ever seen on Oct. 25. The list includes Broadview, Key Lake, La Ronge, Nipawin, Rockglen, Southend/Reindeer Lake and Waskesiu Lake.

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La Ronge, which hit 18.4 C on Saturday, broke a record that had stood since 1937.

Meteorologist Danielle Desjardins said temperatures like those seen in the province on Sunday are rare at this time of year, but not unheard of.

“We have seen warm days like this, but this is definitely very late in the season to see temperatures as high as we have, and it’s still substantially above the normal for this time of year,” Desjardins said.

“We’re getting down into the single digits for the normal daytime high; in some areas we’re seeing (temperatures) that have been 10 degrees above seasonal.”

Despite the warm weekend, Desjardins said temperatures will start to be closer to normal seasonal levels this week, and snow could fall in Regina overnight on Friday and into Saturday.

“It’s not like heavy, dumping snow. It would just, just be a light (snow), maybe one to two centimeters,” Desjardins said. “Then it gets a little warm the day after, so I wouldn’t expect that to stick around.”

The following areas broke heat records on Saturday:

• Broadview: 22 C (previous record was 20.3 C, set in 1982);
• Key Lake: 13.8 C (previous record was 13.5 C, set in 1982);
• La Ronge: 18.4 C (previous record was 15 C, set in 1937);
• Nipawin: 19 C (previous record was 18.0 C, set in 1982);
• Rockglen: 19.9 C (previous record was 19.5 C, set in 2019);
• Southend/Reindeer Lake: 14.3 C (previous record was 13.5 C, set in 1982); and
• Waskesiu Lake: 15.9 C (previous record was 15 C set in 1982).