Smoke from wildfires in BC is continuing to impact air quality in Saskatchewan.  There is an air quality advisory in place for much of northern Saskatchewan, but it also stretches down the west side of the province including North Battleford, Unity, Wilkie and almost as far as Radisson. There are 65 wildfires burning in Saskatchewan with eight of them out of control.  There have been 573 wildfires so far this year and 362 is the five-year average.

Saturday saw seven new hot weather records set in the province including North Battleford, Kindersley, Wynyard and Watrous. Temperatures again Sunday are expected to be 30 degrees Celsius and above in most areas of Saskatchewan. On Saturday Leader, which did not set a new weather record, was both the hot spot in Saskatchewan and the hot spot in Canada.  The daytime high in Leader Saturday was 35.7 degrees.  Saskatoon reached 33.9 degrees with several other locations reaching 33 degrees or better including Maple Creek, Moose Jaw, Regina, Outlook, North Battleford and Watrous.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on September 7, 2024 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):

KINDERSLEY AREA (Kindersley Airport)

Preliminary new record of 34.7

Old record of 33.9 set in 2022

Records in this area have been kept since 1942

LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE (SANCTUARY) AREA (Last Mountain CS)

Preliminary new record of 34.2

Old record of 33.5 set in 1990

Records in this area have been kept since 1975

NORTH BATTLEFORD AREA (North Battleford RCS)

Preliminary new record of 33.0

Old record of 32.6 set in 2011

Records in this area have been kept since 1879

SCOTT AREA (Scott CDA)

Preliminary new record of 34.2

Old record of 32.3 set in 2011

Records in this area have been kept since 1911

SPIRITWOOD AREA (Spiritwood West)

Preliminary new record of 30.1

Old record of 29.8 set in 2011

Records in this area have been kept since 1923

WATROUS AREA (Watrous East)

Preliminary new record of 33.9

Old record of 33.8 set in 2022

Records in this area have been kept since 1953

WYNYARD AREA (Wynyard (AUT))

Preliminary new record of 32.3

Old record of 31.6 set in 1980

Records in this area have been kept since 1964

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.