SASKATOON – Saskatchewan is experiencing some record-breaking temperatures, according to Environment Canada.
A couple of record low temperatures were set on Saturday morning in southern Saskatchewan.
In Kindersley, the new record low is -38.3 degrees Celsius, beating 1972’s -36.1.
Assiniboia also broke its frigid record of -30.8 set in 1915 with a chilling -32.5.
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The coldest reported location in the province was -42.1 at 8 a.m. in Val Marie.
Val Marie was just shy of being the coldest place in Canada, with Alberta’s Brooks and Rocky Mountain House bottoming out at -42.2.
Much of southern Saskatchewan was under an extreme wind chill warning.
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Most areas were in the high -20s but combined with western winds of 15 to 30 km/h wind chills were in the -40s.
A weak weather system will bring air that is not quite as cold to western and northern portions of the grainbelt on Saturday night.
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