Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado near Saskatoon last week. The national weather forecast says they received multiple reports and photos but there were no reports of damage from the tornado which touch down 10 kilometres north of Saskatoon at approximately 12:25 p.m. on May 12th. The tornado was brief, it is considered a landspout tornado and has been given a preliminary rating of EF0.

Meanwhile, 20 daytime high records were beat or tied on Monday May 17th in Saskatchewan including the province’s two largest cities.  In Saskatoon the mercury topped out at 32 degrees breaking a record set in 1901 and for Regina, the province’s capital tied a record set in 2010 when the daytime high reached 31.7 degrees Celsius.

New Weather records set on May 17th, 2021

Assiniboia Area 
New Record of 30.4 
Old Record of 28.4 set in 2007 
Records in this area have been kept since 1965 

Broadview Area 
New Record of 29.6 
Old Record of 29.1 set in 1994 
Records in this area have been kept since 1938 

Elbow Area 
New Record of 32.2 
Old Record of 30.0 set in 1972 
Records in this area have been kept since 1955 

Hudson Bay Area 
New Record of 31.4 
Old Record of 28.7 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1943 

Last Mountain Lake (Sanctuary) Area 
New Record of 31.5 
Old Record of 27.0 set in 1988 
Records in this area have been kept since 1975 

Lucky Lake Area 
New Record of 31.9 
Old Record of 27.7 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1972 

Melfort Area 
New Record of 32.0 
Old Record of 29.0 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1910 

Moose Jaw Area 
New Record of 31.9 
Old Record of 31.7 set in 1964 
Records in this area have been kept since 1894 

Nipawin Area 
New Record of 33.0 
Old Record of 29.8 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1927 

North Battleford Area 
New Record of 30.8 
Old Record of 30.1 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1879 

Outlook Area 
New Record of 32.5 
Old Record of 31.1 set in 1964 
Records in this area have been kept since 1915 

Regina Area 
Tied record of 31.7 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1883 

Rosetown Area 
New Record of 32.6 
Old Record of 30.7 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1913 

Saskatoon Area 
New Record of 32.6 
Old Record of 30.6 set in 1901 
Records in this area have been kept since 1900 

Spiritwood Area 
New Record of 30.5 
Old Record of 29.0 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1923 

Swift Current Area 
New Record of 31.2 
Old Record of 30.7 set in 2006 
Records in this area have been kept since 1885 

Waskesiu Lake Area 
New Record of 30.7 
Old Record of 28.7 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

Watrous Area 
New Record of 31.7 
Old Record of 29.4 set in 1964 
Records in this area have been kept since 1953 

Wynyard Area 
New Record of 29.9 
Old Record of 27.4 set in 1988 
Records in this area have been kept since 1964 

Yorkton Area 
New Record of 30.9 
Old Record of 28.9 set in 1970 
Records in this area have been kept since 1941