Spring-like temperatures set winter heat records in Alberta
Heidi Echavarria- 0
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In the middle of January, southern Alberta is seeing spring-like temperatures.
Environment Canada says heat records were broken in 39 communities across the province this week, including Lethbridge, Claresholm, Medicine Hat, and Pincher Creek—some of them shattering records that had stood for more than 80 years.
Justin Shelley, Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, explains what’s causing this provincial heat wave.
Environment Canada reports records for southern Alberta which included a new high in Lethbridge of 17.5°C, surpassing the previous record of 13.3°C set in 1942. Temperature records in Lethbridge have been kept since 1902.
In Medicine Hat, a new record of 14.4°C was set, breaking the old record of 9.4°C from 1931. Weather records in that area date back to 1883.
