Environment Canada says several low-temperature records were broken across Alberta as all of the province continues under extreme cold warnings with wind chill values between -40°C and -55°C.
These are daily minimum temperature records.
15 new records were set on February 8th due to “unseasonably cold arctic ridge of high pressure”:
Breton Area
New record of -37.5°C
Old record of -32.0°C set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1939
Cold Lake Area
New record of -36.6°C
Old record of -35.8°C set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1952
Edmonton int’l Aprt
New record of -40.8°C
Old record of -35.8°C set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1959
Elk Island National Park
New record of -40.9°C
Old record of -35.6°C set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Hendrickson Creek Area
New record of -41.2°C
Old record of -35.5°C set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1995
High River Area
New record of -33.2°C
Old record of -33.0°C set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1913
Highvale Area
New record of -33.8°C
Old record of -32.0°C set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1977
Lac La Biche Area
New record of -39.2°C
Old record of -38.9°C set in 1979
Records in this area have been kept since 1944
Lacombe Area
New record of -40.5°C
Old record of -39.4°C set in 1936
Records in this area have been kept since 1907
Milk River Area
New record of -32.4°C
Old record of -31.7°C set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1994
Red Deer Area
New record of -43.9°C
Old record of -40.6°C set in 1936
Records in this area have been kept since 1904
Red Earth Creek Area
New record of -39.5°C
Old record of -35.8°C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1994
Taber Area
New record of -35.7°C
Old record of -35.5°C set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1947
Vegreville Area
New record of -41.7°C
Old record of -37.0°C set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1918
Wainwright Area
New record of -37.5°C
Old record of -36.0°C set in 1994
Records in this area have been kept since 1966
The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record on Wednesday, February 10, 2021.
Bow Island Area
New record of -34.2°C
Old record of -30.9°C set in 2018
Records in this area have been kept since 1961
Cardston Area
Tied record of -35.6°C set in 1939
Records in this area have been kept since 1918
Claresholm Area
New record of -33.8°C
Old record of -33.1°C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1951
Coronation Area
New record of -35.8°C
Old record of -35.2°C set in 1985
Records in this area have been kept since 1912
Drumheller Area
New record of -37.7°C
Old record of -33.0°C set in 2018
Records in this area have been kept since 1923
Hendrickson Creek Area
New record of -41.6°C
Old record of -39.1°C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1995
Milk River Area
New record of -36.0°C
Old record of -29.5°C set in 2018
Records in this area have been kept since 1994
Nordegg Area
New record of -38.3°C
Old record of -37.8°C set in 1922
Records in this area have been kept since 1915
Pincher Creek Area
New record of -34.2°C
Old record of -33.6°C set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1893
Sundre Area
New record of -38.2°C
Old record of -35.0°C set in 2014
Records in this area have been kept since 1993
Taber Area
New record of -33.8°C
Old record of -33.7°C set in 2018
Records in this area have been kept since 1947