UPDATE: All cold warnings mentioned in this story have ended
Saskatchewan remains under the grip of a bitterly cold arctic high pressure system. A night of extreme wind chills in the -40 to -45 degree Celsius range is in store for portions of the province.
Environment Canada issued an extreme cold warning across southern Saskatchewan Sunday.
READ MORE: Saskatoon one of the coldest places in Canada Saturday
The extreme wind chill will develop late Sunday evening and continue overnight across the province, as lows dip down into the -29 to -33 range, with southeasterly winds near 15 kilometres per hour.
Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill create an elevated risk to health, including frostbite and hypothermia.
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Extreme cold warning ENDED for:
- Prince Albert – Shellbrook – Spiritwood – Duck Lake
- Melfort – Tisdale – Nipawin – Carrot River
- Saskatoon
- Regina
- Martensville – Warman – Rosthern – Delisle – Wakaw
- Outlook – Watrous – Hanley – Imperial – Dinsmore
- The Battlefords – Unity – Maidstone – St. Walburg
- Moose Jaw – Pense – Central Butte – Craik
- Assiniboia – Gravelbourg – Coronach
- Yorkton – Melville – Esterhazy
- Moosomin – Grenfell – Kipling – Wawota
- Hudson Bay – Porcupine Plain
- Kamsack – Canora – Preeceville
- Meadow Lake – Big River – Green Lake – Pierceland
- Humboldt – Wynyard – Wadena – Lanigan – Foam Lake
- Fort Qu’Appelle – Indian Head – Lumsden – Pilot Butte
- Estevan – Weyburn – Radville – Milestone
- Carlyle – Oxbow – Carnduff – Bienfait – Stoughton
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