Environment Canada says a hot airmass over southern Saskatchewan on Tuesday led to many new temperature records for September 28th.

Nineteen locations tied or set new records including Saskatoon which saw a daytime high of 30.8 degrees beating out the old record of 28.9 set in 1967. A 123 year old record fell in Regina where the daily maximum on Tuesday climbed to 33.3 degrees besting the old record of 32.2 set in 1898.

While the temperature is expected to moderate it is still forecast to be well above seasonal for the next week. Normal for this time of year is a daytime high of 15 degrees and overnight low around 3 degrees Celsius.

The hot spot in Saskatchewan and Canada on Tuesday was Yellow Grass (North) where the mercury topped out at 34.1 degrees.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record: 

Assiniboia 
New record of 32.8 
Old record of 29.4 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1965 

Broadview 
New record of 31.7 
Old record of 28.9 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1938 

Coronach 
New record of 32.5 
Old record of 30.2 set in 2010 
Records in this area have been kept since 1961 

Estevan 
New record of 32.6 
Old record of 30.6 set in 1943 
Records in this area have been kept since 1900 

Hudson Bay 
New record of 28.2 
Old record of 27.2 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1943 

Indian Head 
New record of 33.0 
Old record of 31.1 set in 1890 
Records in this area have been kept since 1883 

Last Mountain Lake 
New record of 31.6 
Old record of 27.2 set in 1976 
Records in this area have been kept since 1975 

Melfort 
New record of 31.9 
Old record of 27.6 set in 2001 
Records in this area have been kept since 1910 

Moose Jaw 
New record of 33.1 
Old record of 30.6 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1894 

Nipawin 
New record of 30.6 
Old record of 26.7 set in 1957 
Records in this area have been kept since 1927 

Prince Albert 
New record of 30.6 
Old record of 28.9 set in 1887 
Records in this area have been kept since 1884 

Regina 
New record of 33.3 
Old record of 32.2 set in 1898 
Records in this area have been kept since 1883 

Rockglen 
New record of 30.9 
Old record of 27.9 set in 2001 
Records in this area have been kept since 1970 

Saskatoon 
New record of 30.8 
Old record of 28.9 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1900 

Waskesiu Lake 
New record of 27.3 
Old record of 23.4 set in 2012 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

Watrous 
New record of 31.9 
Old record of 28.3 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1953 

Weyburn 
New record of 33.8 
Old record of 30.6 set in 1957 
Records in this area have been kept since 1953 

Wynyard 
New record of 31.3 
Old record of 28.3 set in 1970 
Records in this area have been kept since 1964 

Yorkton 
New record of 31.4 
Old record of 28.9 set in 1967 
Records in this area have been kept since 1941