Extremely cold weather throughout the province over the past several days has seen some local communities set new record lows.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Rocky Mountain House area set a new record low for January 12, dipping to – 43.1 degrees Celsius, beating the old record of – 40.0 degrees Celsius set in 1935. Records in this area have been kept since 1915.

The Nordegg area also set a new record low for January 12, reaching – 45.8 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record – 40.0 degrees Celsius set in 1998. Records in this area have been kept since 1915.

The Sundre area set a new record low for January 12, dropping to – 44.8 degrees Celsius, beating the old record of – 40.3 set in 1998. Records in this area have been kept since 1993.

The Sundre area also set a new record low for January 13, dropping to – 44.5 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record low for that day of – 41.7 set in 2005.

In addition, the Sundre area set a new record low for January 14, dipping to – 43.3 degrees Celsius, beating the previous record of – 40.9 set in 2005.

The Breton area, meantime, set a new record low for January 11, reaching – 37.6 degrees Celsius, beating the old record of – 37.3 degrees Celsius set in 1968. Records in this area have been kept since 1939.

The Breton area also set a new record low for January 12, dipping to – 42.3 degrees Celsius and surpassing the previous record low of – 34.5 degrees Celsius set in 1970.

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