Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw all shattered their previous record highs for June 18th on Saturday.

In fact, Moose Jaw was the hottest place in Canada Saturday recording a day-time high of 35.9. Danielle Desjardins, a meteorologist with Environment Canada says that city’s previous June 18th high was 33.9 set back in 1986.

The mercury in Saskatoon got up to 32.1 shattered the previous record of 31.8 set back in 1988.

Prince Albert reached 29.9 degrees Celsius, not quite enough to shatter their record of 30.7. Thundershowers in the North Battleford area cooled things off as that community only got up to 24.2 yesterday (sat).

Regina broke a new record as they hit 35.1, surpassing the previous record of 33.2 set back in 1988.

According to Desjardins around 10 Saskatchewan communities broke temperature records Saturday.

Below is the weather summary from Environment Canada…

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on June
18, 2022 in Saskatchewan (temperature values given in degrees
Celsius):

Assiniboia Area
New record of 34.6
Old record of 34.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Broadview Area
New record of 31.3
Old record of 30.8 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

Elbow Area
New record of 33.2
Old record of 33.0 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1955

Lucky Lake Area
New record of 31.6
Old record of 28.8 set in 2003
Records in this area have been kept since 1972

Melfort Area
New record of 31.7
Old record of 31.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1910

Moose Jaw Area
New record of 35.9
Old record of 33.9 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1894

Outlook Area
New record of 32.2
Old record of 31.0 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Regina Area
New record of 35.1
Old record of 33.2 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1883

Rockglen Area
New record of 31.0
Old record of 28.3 set in 1974
Records in this area have been kept since 1970

Saskatoon Area
New record of 32.1
Old record of 31.8 set in 1988
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Watrous Area
New record of 33.5
Old record of 32.0 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1953

Note: the temperature records reported here have been derived from a
selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record.

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.