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Mondayâs record heat will make way for wet and cool end of week
May 18, 2021
An early taste of summer weather rolled into Saskatchewan on Monday, with Environment Canada reporting 19 new daily maximum temperature records.
Swift Current set the lone new high temperature record in the Southwest on May 17, with the temperature rising to 31.2 Celsius. The new record broke the former mark of 30.7 Celsius set in 2006, and it stands as the warmest May 17 since records have been kept dating back to 1885.
Other record setting records from May 17 were:
Assiniboia, 30.4 Celsius (previous record 28.4 in 2007).
Broadview, 29.6 Celsius (previous record 29.1 in 1994).
Elbow, 32.2 Celsius (previous record 30.0 in 1972).