On Monday, for the second straight day, more than a dozen heat records fell around Saskatchewan. (980 CJME file photo)

By CKOM News

Record highs

P.A., Melfort among handful of North Central Sask. communities that set new heat records Monday

Sep 10, 2024 | 7:34 AM

The scorching heat on Monday sent temperature records falling like dominoes across Saskatchewan.

According to preliminary numbers from Environment Canada, Monday was the hottest September 9 on record for 15 communities around the province, including Saskatchewan’s three largest cities. That follows a record-setting Sunday, which saw 13 heat records broken in Saskatchewan.

Saskatoon set a record of 34.2 C on Monday, beating the previous record of 33.9 C which was set all the way back on September 9, 1981. Regina wasn’t far behind with a temperature of 34 C, edging out the old record of 33.9 C, which was set in 1998.

Prince Albert also set a record on Monday, reaching 34.5 C, smashing the old record of 32 C, which had stood since 1981.

Here are the other heat records set on Monday:

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• Broadview: 31.5 C (previous record was 31.3 C, set in 1981)
• Hudson Bay: 33.1 C (previous record was 30.4 C, set in 2011)
• Indian Head: 33.6 C (previous record was 33.5 C, set in 1998)
• Last Mountain Lake: 34.5 C (previous record was 33 C, set in 1981)
• Lucky Lake: 33.8 C (previous record was 32.7 C, set in 1998)
• Melfort: 34.4 C (previous record was 31 C, set in 1981)
• Moose Jaw: 34.6 C (previous record was 34.3 C, set in 1998)
• Nipawin: 35.8 C (previous record was 32 C, set in 2017)
• Spiritwood: 32.7 C (previous record was 28.9 C, set in 2011)
• Watrous: 34.8 C (previous record was 33.5 C, set in 1981)
• Wynyard: 33.7 C (previous record was 31 C, set in 1998)
• Yorkton: 32.5 C (previous record was 32 C, set in 1998)

The trend isn’t likely to continue on Tuesday.