Mild air causes big melt in southern Saskatchewan

Mild Pacific air moved through Saskatchewan on Thursday, breaking ten records for daytime high temperatures.

Maple Creek, Sask. was the warmest place in Canada Thursday afternoon at 19.4 degrees.

Other records that were broken yesterday are:

Eastend

• New record: 16.2°
• Old record: 13.7° in 2011

Estevan

• New record: 14.9°
• Old record: 9.4° in 1972

Cypress Hills

• New record: 14.7°
• Old record: 12.3° in 2005

Assiniboia

• New record: 13.7°
• Old record: 11.0° in 1984

Swift Current

• New record: 13.2°
• Old record: 11.7° in 1890

Weyburn

• New record: 11.8°
• Old record: 9.4° in 1972

NWS National Snow Analysis images show significant snow-melt across southern Saskatchewan. Mild temperatures are forecasted into next week, which will continue the melting process. Scroll through the gallery below to see the receding snow line from Tuesday to Friday this week.

Enjoy the warm weather while you can, an advisory issued by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is indicating a weak La Nina has formed throughout the month of October. The climate pattern is forecasted to continue until April 2018. This could mean a cold and snowy winter ahead for southern Saskatchewan.