Thursday saw record-setting temperatures across northern Alberta
A dozen record highs were set in Alberta on Thursday.
The city of Edmonton's main Blatchford weather station set a record for the warmest low: 5.2 C beats the previous record of 4.4 C from 1905.
But, the daytime high of 14.3 C was just short of the record high of 15.0 C from 1949.
Here's the official list from Environment and Climate Change Canada of places that DID set record highs on Nov. 7, 2024:
Edmonton International Airport area
- New record of 13.9 C
- Old record of 12.9 C set in 2015
- Records in this area have been kept since 1959
Barrhead area
- New record of 14.6 C
- Old record of 14.4 C set in 1917
- Records in this area have been kept since 1912
Cold Lake area
- New record of 10.4 C
- Old record of 9.9 C set in 1978
- Records in this area have been kept since 1952
Elk Island National Park area
- New record of 12.9 C
- Old record of 11.7 C set in 1978
- Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Hendrickson Creek area
- New record of 14.6 C
- Old record of 11.7 C set in 2016
- Records in this area have been kept since 1995
Lac La Biche area
- New record of 13.1 C
- Old record of 11.1 C set in 1978
- Records in this area have been kept since 1944
Lloydminster area
- New record of 11.4 C
- Old record of 10.6 C set in 1954
- Records in this area have been kept since 1952
Red Earth Creek area
- New record of 11.6 C
- Old record of 10.8 C set in 2016
- Records in this area have been kept since 1994
Slave Lake area
- New record of 14.5 C
- Old record of 11.5 C set in 1978
- Records in this area have been kept since 1922
Stony Plain area
- New record of 13.7 C
- Old record of 12.7 C set in 2015
- Records in this area have been kept since 1966
Vegreville area
- New record of 13.6 C
- Old record of 11.1 C set in 2015
- Records in this area have been kept since 1918
Wainwright area
- New record of 14.0 C
- Old record of 13.0 C set in 1999
- Records in this area have been kept since 1966
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