It looks like a record has been broken!
Up until Thursday, it was one of the coldest starts to the month on record in Winnipeg.
For the first 17 days, temperatures have never been warmer than normal and only twice has the city seen temperatures climb into double digits.
While October certainly isn’t the warmest month in the city, typically temperatures will generally rise to 10 C or warmer 16 times. Thursday is just the third day where this has happened so far in October 2018.
The heat Thursday is noticeable all across southern Manitoba. Temperature readings at 2 p.m. were in the low twenties. This puts Winnipeg and likely other parts of southern Manitoba close to record levels. For October 18, the warmest temperature registered in the city is 22.8° C set back in 1914 according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Unfortunately, this warm spell will be short-lived. A cold front, along with some strong, gusty winds from the northwest will bring temperatures back closer to normal on Friday and keep things cool for Saturday.
The fortunate thing for Winnipeggers and people around southern Manitoba is weather patterns look like they’ll keep temperatures closer to normal, rather than in the cold for the last half of October, but it looks like a safe bet Thursday will be the warmest day of the month.
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