Calgary 
Last weekend, Alberta experienced a severe cold snap, shattering multiple long-standing low-temperature records.
The intense Arctic air front, which commenced on Thursday, led to the setting of several new daily minimum temperature records, surpassing some that had been held for over a hundred years.
Here is a list of all the new temperature records set as per Environment and Climate Change Canada from Thursday, January 11, to Monday, January 15, 2024, during the extreme weather event from stations in each geographic area that was active during the period of record.
(temperature values given in degrees Celsius)
Banff Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.8, Old record of -39.4 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1887.
Breton Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.3, Old record of -34.5 set in 1970
- January 11, 2024: New record of -37.6, Old record of -37.3 set in 1968
Records in this area have been kept since 1939.
Bow Island Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -37.3, Old record of -34.4 set in 1972
- January 14, 2024: New record of -39.1; Old record of -37.2 set in 1971
- January 13, 2024: New record of -40.0; Old record of -37.8 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1961.
Bow Valley (Provincial Park) Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -40.5, Old record of -40.0 set in 1950
- January 12, 2024: New record of -45.3, Old record of -38.9 set in 1950
Records in this area have been kept since 1928.
Brooks Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -42.2, Old record of -40.0 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
Camrose Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -44.9, Old record of -37.2 set in 1969
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.5, Old record of -41.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1921.
Cardston Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -36.8, Old record of -32.2 set in 1954
- January 13, 2024: New record of -38.8, Old record of -37.9 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.7, Old record of -34.2 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1918.
Claresholm Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -38.9, Old record of -37.1 set in 2005
- January 14, 2024: New record of -38.6, Old record of -37.8 set in 1972
- January 13, 2024: New record of -39.9, Old record of -38.9 set in 1971
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.3, Old record of -33.7 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1951.
Cold Lake Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -43.1, Old record of -42.2 set in 1953
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.1, Old record of -41.1 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1952.
Coronation Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -45.2. Old record of -41.7 set in 1972
- January 13, 2024: New record of -46.2, Old record of -37.9 set in 1979
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.7, Old record of -40.1 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
Crowsnest Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -37.0, Old record of -32.0 set in 2005
- January 13, 2024: New record of -40.4, Old record of -38.4 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.9, Old record of -37.9 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1965.
Drumheller Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -40.0, Old record of -39.1 set in 2005
- January 13, 2024: New record of -43.0, Old record of -39.7 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -40.5, Old record of -39.4 set in 1974
Records in this area have been kept since 1923.
Edmonton (Int’l Aprt) Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -45.1, Old record of -41.6 set in 2020
- January 13, 2024: New record of -45.3, Old record of -41.7 set in 1972
- January 12, 2024: New record of -45.9, Old record of -39.4 set in 1969
Records in this area have been kept since 1959.
Edson Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -43.5, Old record of -40.6 set in 1972
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.7, Old record of -38.3 set in 1969
Records in this area have been kept since 1916.
Elk Island (National Park) Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -41.1, Old record of -38.1 set in 2020
- January 12, 2024: New record of -41.0, Old record of -36.5 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
Esther Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -37.6, Old record of -36.5 set in 2020
- January 14, 2024: New record of -47.1, Old record of -36.0 set in 2020
- January 13, 2024: New record of -46.5, Old record of -34.9 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -40.2, Old record of -37.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1985.
Fort Chipewyan Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -45.9, Old record of -43.5 set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1883.
Grande Prairie Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.5, Old record of -41.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1922.
Hendrickson Creek Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -43.2, Old record of -41.1 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -46.1, Old record of -40.0 set in 2005
- January 11, 2024: New record of -46.0, Old record of -39.2 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1995.
High Level Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -46.4, Old record of -46.1 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1962.
High River Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -40.2, Old record of -35.0 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1913.
Highvale Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.6, Old record of -37.0 set in 1980
Records in this area have been kept since 1977.
Jasper Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -41.6, Old record of -41.1 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1916.
Lloydminster Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -38.7, Old record of -37.8 set in 1972
- January 13, 2024: New record of -41.9, Old record of -37.2 set in 1972
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.5, Old record of -37.2 set in 1974
Records in this area have been kept since 1952.
Medicine Hat Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -41.4, Old record of -38.9 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1883.
Milk River Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -40.4, Old record of -34.5 set in 2005
- January 14, 2024: New record of -39.3, Old record of -36.1 set in 2005
- January 13, 2024: New record of -44.2, Old record of -36.6 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.5, Old record of -35.7 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1994.
Nordegg Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -45.8, Old record of -40.0 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1915.
Onefour Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -37.8, Old record of -37.0 set in 1979
- January 13, 2024: New record of -40.3, Old record of -35.0 set in 1979
- January 12, 2024: New record of -37.7, Old record of -35.0 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1928.
Pincher Creek Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -40.8, Old record of -37.2 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1893.
Red Deer Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -44.3, Old record of -38.8 set in 2005
Records in this area have been kept since 1904.
Red Earth Creek Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -40.1, Old record of -38.6 set in 2020
- January 14, 2024: New record of -44.7, Old record of -43.9 set in 1996
- January 13, 2024: New record of -44.6, Old record of -41.4 set in 1996
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.9, Old record of -40.0 set in 2018
- January 11, 2024: New record of -41.6, Old record of -37.9 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1994.
Rocky Mountain House Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -43.1, Old record of -40.0 set in 1935
Records in this area have been kept since 1915.
Slave Lake Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.3, Old record of -38.9 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1922.
Stavely Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.1, Old record of -35.6 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1914.
Stettler Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -41.8, Old record of -37.5 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1918.
Stony Plain Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -40.0, Old record of -37.9 set in 2020
- January 13, 2024: New record of -41.0, Old record of -35.0 set in 1972
- January 12, 2024: New record of -40.3, Old record of -35.6 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
Strathmore Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -36.8, Old record of -36.7 set in 1916
Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
Sundre Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -41.8, Old record of -41.7 set in 2020
- January 14, 2024: New record of -43.3, Old record of -40.9 set in 2005
- January 13, 2024: New record of -44.5, Old record of -41.7 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -44.8, Old record of -40.3 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1993.
Taber Area
- January 12, 2024: New record of -39.3, Old record of -37.0 set in 1997
Records in this area have been kept since 1947.
Three Hills Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -43.5, Old record of -43.3 set in 1950
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.3, Old record of -37.2 set in 1950
Records in this area have been kept since 1921.
Vegreville Area
- January 13, 2024: New record of -44.6, Old record of -39.5 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.9, Old record of -42.8 set in 1971
Records in this area have been kept since 1918.
Wainwright Area
- January 14, 2024: New record of -46.0, Old record of -40.9 set in 2020
- January 13, 2024: New record of -46.3, Old record of -39.0 set in 2005
- January 12, 2024: New record of -42.0, Old record of -37.8 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
Waterton Park Area
- January 15, 2024: New record of -40.0, Old record of -36.0 set in 1979
- January 12, 2024: New record of -43.6, Old record of -38.1 set in 1998
Records in this area have been kept since 1976.
