Farmers are back out in the fields as record-breaking heat hit Saskatchewan! Find out if it lasts.
Record Breaking Weekend
Saskatoon shattered daytime high records both Saturday and Sunday with a number of other areas seeing record-breaking heat.
Fifiteen records were broken across Saskatchewan over the weekend as an upper ridge of high pressure brought in a beautiful, warm late fall extended period of heat.
On Saturday, the Bridge City hit a high of 19.3 C, breaking our old record of 18.9 from back in 1949.
Then on Sunday, the city topped out at 19.8, breaking the previous record of 17 from 2009.
More records are expected to fall this week with Saskatoon’s record highs on Tuesday being 16.1 from 1923, on Wednesday is 13.9 from 1917. for Thursday is 14.4 from 1905 and on Friday is 14.1 from 1981.
More high temperature records will likely be broken in Saskatoon this week.
Saskatoon Forecast
Today
A cold front passed through overnight resulting in a cooler start to the work week.
Cloud cover stuck around throughout much of the overnight period as the mercury fell back a degree below freezing by morning.
But then as the upper ridge began to take hold once again during the day, the sunshine returned and temperatures pushed up to 8 by noon!
Sunny skies will stick around for the rest of the day as we shoot for a daytime high in double digits this afternoon.
Tonight
Clear skies will linger overnight tonight allowing temperatures to fall back toward the freezing mark.
Tuesday
Tomorrow should start out sunny with some high clouds moving in midday associated with an upper level warm front pushing through the region before it clears out later in the afternoon.
The mercury will push further into double digits through the day with a southerly wind around 20 to 30 km/h helping to mix down even warmer air, helping us hit a high in the mid-teens.
Wednesday-Thursday
Some cooler air will slump in late Wednesday into Thursday before the heat builds back in on Friday.
As such, sunshine should prevail on Wednesday with an afternoon high in the mid-teens before a cooler Thursday with a daytime high likely back into high single digits under partly to mostly sunny skies.
Remembrance Day Friday
Saskatoon should climb back into the mid-teens for Remembrance Day on Friday making for a beautiful day.
It looks like sunny skies should start the day with a moderate southerly breeze before a few clouds build in later on.
Weekend Outlook
It looks as though the upper ridge of high pressure may hold us in the heat for Saturday under a mix of sun and cloud and a daytime high possibly pushing into the low teens.
Late Saturday into early Sunday, a cold front will likely swing through bringing in a chance of showers before clouds clear out for the majority of the day on Sunday with an afternoon high back into high single digits.
This Your Saskatchewan photo was taken by Dwayne Webb of a sailboat at Manitou Beach:
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