The hot spot in Saskatchewan on Wednesday was once again the hot spot in the country as well. And set a new record. It was Weyburn where the day time high was 37.9 degrees breaking the old record of 35.6 set in 1960. Several locations were in the 37 degree range on Wednesday including Assiniboia, Yellow Grass, Indian Head and Estevan. In Saskatoon the mercury reached 32.2 degrees and the city is also under a heat advisory for Thursday. Heat advisories pretty much blanket the southern half of the entire province.

Heat advisories are in effect for

Assiniboia, Gravelbourg, Coronach, Carlyle, Oxbow, Carnduff, Bienfait, Stoughton, City of Regina, City of Saskatoon, Estevan, Weyburn, Radville, Milestone, Fort Qu’Appelle, Indian Head, Lumsden, Pilot Butte, Humboldt, Wynyard, Wadena, Lanigan, Foam Lake, Kindersley, Rosetown, Biggar, Wilkie, Macklin, Leader, Gull Lake, Martensville, Warman, Rosthern, Delisle, Wakaw, Moose Jaw, Pense, Central Butte, Craik, Moosomin, Grenfell, Kipling, Wawota, Outlook, Watrous, Hanley, Imperial, Dinsmore, Shaunavon, Maple Creek, Val Marie, Cypress Hills, Swift Current, Herbert, Cabri, Kyle, Lucky Lake, Yorkton, Melville, Esterhazy.

These are Wednesday’s daily maximum temperature records:

Broadview Area
New record of 34.8
Old record of 33.9 set in 1960
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

Estevan Area
New record of 37.4
Old record of 35.8 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Indian Head Area
New record of 37.0
Old record of 36.7 set in 1933
Records in this area have been kept since 1883

Last Mountain Lake Area
New record of 35.8
Old record of 33.9 set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1975

Moose Jaw Area
New record of 36.4
Old record of 36.0 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1894

Regina Area
New record of 36.9
Old record of 36.1 set in 1933
Records in this area have been kept since 1883

Weyburn Area
New record of 37.9
Old record of 35.6 set in 1960
Records in this area have been kept since 1953

Wynyard Area
New record of 33.9
Old record of 32.6 set in 1992
Records in this area have been kept since 1964