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By Nicholas Iatropoulos, CKOM News Staff

New temperature records set in some Sask. communities Monday

Jun 6, 2023 | 12:09 PM

Three communities in Saskatchewan that weren’t included in Monday’s collection of heat warnings managed to reach record-breaking temperatures.

Environment and Climate Change Canada said Buffalo Narrows on Monday reached a record high of 27.6 C for June 5. The previous record of 26.5 C was set in 2004.

Southend hit 32.5 C on Monday, breaking the previous record of 29.5 C set in 1988.

And the mercury in Lucky Lake reached 33.1 C; the previous mark of 32.2 C was set in 1978.

Justin Shaer, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said Regina was a long way from setting a record. He said the hottest June 5 on record for the Queen City saw the temperature skyrocket to 39 C in 1988, whereas Monday’s high was around 32 C.

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“(That) is still far exceeding (Regina’s) average for this time of year,” he said.

If any records are to be broken Tuesday, Shaer added he expects it to happen in the northern part of the province.

“There is a bit of cooler air coming in, at least in the west of the province, and eventually they filter … eastward into the rest of Saskatchewan and should bring some of these temperatures actually down in just in a couple (of) days,” he said. “We’ll be able to see the end of these extreme heat warnings.”

Much like what was seen on Monday, it should be quite humid and muggy on Tuesday, the meteorologist said. Heat warnings were in place, primarily in the eastern half of the province.

There were tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings on Monday in the western portion of the province. But according to Shaer, Environment and Climate Change Canada didn’t receive any reports of tornadoes touching down.

The meteorologist said he expects it to be a stormy Tuesday in Saskatchewan.

“Much like what was seen (on Monday), just carried a little further eastward,” Shaer said. “From about the Assiniboia area, the Coronach area, kind of diagonally to the northeast through like Nipawin, Hudson Bay area, and all the way to Manitoba, there’s a chance for thunderstorms (on Tuesday).”

As of 10:30 a.m., there were severe thunderstorm warnings in the Montreal Lake area, and severe thunderstorm watches in the Saskatoon, Prince Albert, Candle Lake, La Ronge and Prince Albert National Park regions.