There’s light at the end of the tunnel after the entire West Country region endured an extended, mid-February cold snap.
While no records were broken in Rocky Mountain House, Environment & Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says there were several other areas of the province that did.
The Sundre area hit a low of -33.8 C on Tuesday, surpassing the previous record of -33 C set in 2006.
Two areas of southern Alberta also broke or neared records: Bow Island got down to -31.5 C, surpassing the record of -28.3 C set in 2006. Also, Milk River tied its cold weather record on Tuesday. Environment and Climate Change Canada which notes the town reached a low of -29.4 C, not counting the windchill, the same as its record from 2011. Although Lethbridge was around the same temperature that day, it wasn’t enough to set a record for the city.
Perhaps the coldest temperatures were seen in east central Alberta, where Coronation broke its nearly 100-year-old record with a low of -38.5 C.
Rocky Mountain House notably broke a cold weather record on Jan. 12, 2024, getting as cold as -43.1 C, beating the old record of -40.0 set in 1935. That same day, Nordegg set a new record of -45.8 C, beating the old record of -40.0 set in 1998.
To view a full list of weather summaries, click here.
According to ECCC, warmer weather is expected in the Rocky area by the weekend— see the latest forecast here.
~ With files from rdnewsNOW and LethbridgeNewsNOW
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