A handful of heat records were broken yesterday (sat) in Saskatchewan.

Saskatoon tied its July 16th record of 36.7 degrees set back in 1941. Waskesiu broke their previous high by three degrees of 29 Celcius set back in 1991 with a new July 16th high of 32 degrees yesterday (sat).

Watrous, Meadow Lake, Lucky Lake and Assiniboia were the other communities that shattered their previous highs for July 16th yesterday (sat).

Below is the detailed weather summary from Environment Canada.

Weather summary
for Saskatchewan
issued by Environment Canada
at 12:30 a.m. CST Sunday 17 July 2022.

Discussion.

The following areas set or tied a daily maximum temperature record
on July 16, 2022:

Assiniboia Area (Assiniboia Airport)
New record of 35.8
Old record of 34.8 set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Lucky Lake Area (Lucky Lake)
New record of 36.0
Old record of 33.8 set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1972

Meadow Lake Area (Meadow Lake)
New record of 29.4
Old record of 29.3 set in 1978
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Saskatoon Area (Saskatoon RCS)
Tied record of 36.7 set in 1941
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Waskesiu Lake Area (Waskesiu Lake)
New record of 32.0
Old record of 29.0 set in 1991
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Watrous Area (Watrous East)
New record of 34.4
Old record of 33.3 set in 1966
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.