Edmonton breaks 115-year-old temperature record for Oct. 17

After weeks of below seasonal temperatures, Edmonton experienced a record-breaking heat day on Wednesday.

Edmonton hit a sunny 24.7 C on Wednesday. That breaks the previous record set on this day in 1903, when Edmonton hit 22.8 C.

Other parts of Alberta also shattered records, including Grande Prairie. The city reached 21.5 C on Wednesday, breaking the previous record of 21.1 C set in 1942.

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Whitecourt hit 22.5 C on Wednesday, breaking the record of 21.1 C set in 1954. The temperature in Rocky Mountain House was 24.2 C, breaking the record of 23.9 C set in 1929. Edson tied its previous record, hitting 22.2 C which matches the hottest temperature reached on Oct. 17, which was set back in 1936.

The current warm stretch of weather comes after the city received a few early blasts of winter weather. Edmontonians woke up to snow on Sept. 12, Sept. 21 and over the Thanksgiving long weekend.

The last time the city reached a daytime high over 20 C was nearly six weeks ago, on Sept. 7 when Edmonton hit 26 C.

The above-seasonal temperatures are expected to continue through the weekend, with a high of 14 C Thursday, 12 C Friday, 14 C Saturday and 15 C Sunday. The normal high for Edmonton this time of year is 10 C, according to Global Edmonton weather specialist Mike Sobel.

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