Environment Canada says eight new weather records were set on Monday in Saskatchewan. An upper ridge brought temperatures well above normal through parts of the province.
The hot spot in the province was Mankota where the mercury reached 39.2 degrees Celsius, but it was not a record breaker. The communities which now have new hot weather records for July 24 include Assiniboia, Buffalo Narrows, Cypress Hills, Eastend, Kindersley, Leader, Lucky Lake, Maple Creek. Eastend, Leader and Cypress Hills broke weather records set 94 years ago in 1929.
The national weather forecaster also confirmed a tornado around 9:30 p.m. on Monday near Wildwood, Alberta which is between Edmonton and Edson along the Yellowhead Highway. There were no reports of damage specific to the tornado as yet. A second tornado may have occurred earlier in the evening. At approximately 6:05 p.m. a funnel cloud was reported near Cynthia which is about 50 kilometres south of Wildwood.
Significant hail was also reported on Monday with multiple reports of golf ball up to nearly baseball size hail were reported in several severe thunderstorms east of Edson. 18 new hot weather records were also set in Alberta.
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Assiniboia Area
New record of 38.3
Old record of 37.9 set in 2007
Records in this area have been kept since 1965
Buffalo Narrows Area
New record of 29.6
Old record of 29.4 set in 2010
Records in this area have been kept since 1962
Cypress Hills (Provincial Park) Area
New record of 34.8
Old record of 32.2 set in 1929
Records in this area have been kept since 1918
Eastend Area
New record of 36.3
Old record of 35.6 set in 1929
Records in this area have been kept since 1910
Kindersley Area
New record of 36.1
Old record of 33.3 set in 1944
Records in this area have been kept since 1942
Leader Area
New record of 38.5
Old record of 38.3 set in 1929
Records in this area have been kept since 1924
Lucky Lake Area
New record of 36.8
Old record of 32.8 set in 1978
Records in this area have been kept since 1972
Maple Creek Area
New record of 38.7
Old record of 36.1 set in 1944
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
