The polar vortex is breaking records in Saskatchewan, with fourteen communities dipping to all-time lows Friday morning.
List of records broken on the morning of April 6, 2018:
Assiniboia
- New record: -21.2 C
- Old record: -19.4 C in 1975
Broadview
- New record: -21.4 C
- Old record: -21.0 C in 1979
Elbow
- New record: -20.3 C
- Old record: -19.4 C in 1936
Estevan
- New record: -20.6 C
- Old record: -17.3 C in 1979
Kindersley
- New record: -27.3 C
- Old record: -22.8 C in 1948
Leader
- New record: -19.7 C
- Old record: -17.8 C in 1936
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Moose Jaw
- New record: -20.0 C
- Old record: -18.3 C in 1936
Regina
- New record: -23.0 C
- Old record: -20.0 C in 1936
Rosetown
- New record: -28.8 C
- Old record: -20.0 C in 1920
Saskatoon
- New record: -23.0 C
- Old record: -20.0 C in 1920
Swift Current
- New record: -23.2 C
- Old record: -18.9 C in 1923
Watrous
- New record: -21.6 C
- Old record: -17.5 C in 1979
Weyburn
- New record: -21.6 C
- Old record: -16.5 C in 1979
Wynyard
- New record: -21.3 C
- Old record: -18.5 C in 1979
For the first week of April, the coldest temperature anomalies on earth could be found in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This means the province has been experiencing the biggest gap between recorded daily temperatures and what is normal.
For example, the recorded daytime high on Friday, April 6 was -11 C, which is 20 degrees colder than our seasonal high for this time of year.
On this day last year, spring was in full swing and Regina recorded a high of 18 degrees.
This cold air mass stretches across much of Canada and down into the United States. Saturday morning, temperatures are expected to be back into the -20 C range, likely breaking more record lows.
The polar vortex isn’t forecast to retreat back to the Arctic until next week. Mid-April, temperatures warm up above freezing but remain below seasonal for Saskatchewan.
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