UPDATE: All advisories mentioned in this story have ended
Environment Canada said an upper ridge of high pressure over the Prairies resulted in some new record-high temperatures in parts of western Saskatchewan on Friday, according to preliminary numbers.
Kindersley reached 34.8 C to break its old record of 33.2 C, which was set in 2011.
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A new record of 32.2 C was set in Meadow Lake. The highest temperature recorded in the city previously was 31.5 C in 1981.
Lastly, North Battleford beat its old record of 33 C, which was set in 1981, with 33.8 C on Friday.
Some areas of southern Saskatchewan are still under a heat warning.
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Heat warning ended for:
- Leader – Gull Lake
- Swift Current – Herbert – Cabri – Kyle – Lucky Lake
- Shaunavon – Maple Creek – Val Marie – Cypress Hills
- Moose Jaw – Pense – Central Butte – Craik
- Assiniboia – Gravelbourg – Coronach
- Saskatoon
- Prince Albert – Shellbrook – Spiritwood – Duck Lake
- Melfort – Tisdale – Nipawin – Carrot River
- Martensville – Warman – Rosthern – Delisle – Wakaw
- Outlook – Watrous – Hanley – Imperial – Dinsmore
- The Battlefords – Unity – Maidstone – St. Walburg
- Kindersley – Rosetown – Biggar – Wilkie – Macklin
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