Grande Prairie, Jasper set all-time record high temperatures

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EDMONTON -

Monday was the hottest day ever in Grande Prairie, Jasper and Hendrickson Creek (a remote weather station southeast of Grande Cache).

That came on the heels of setting the all-time record high in those locations on Sunday. 

AND... Tuesday could be even hotter.

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So, Jasper and Grande Prairie could get three days in a row with the hottest temperature ever recorded in those locations. (Not just daily records. All-time records.)

Here's the full list of record highs from Monday as reported by Environment & Climate Change Canada:  

	New Record	Old Record	Records kept since
Grande Prairie area	38.4 C	36.1 C, June 27, 2021	1922
Hendrickson Creek area	35.7 C	34.5 C, June 27, 2021	1995
Jasper area	39.0 C	37.3 C, June 27, 2021	1916

 

Monday also saw Albertans use more energy than ever before. According to the Alberta Electric System Operator, the previous summer peak record of 10,822 megawatts, set on Aug. 2, 2019, was "eclipsed." 

"(We) are now well past 11,000 MW with demand continuing to climb. Please conserve power between 4-7 p.m.," the agency tweeted. 

But spokesperson Leif Sollid told CTV News Edmonton AESO was confident demand could be met throughout the week, and said on Friday AESO was taking precautions, like deferring maintenance that could wait, to ensure that was the case. 

"Just to make sure we've got every transmission line available, every generating unit available," he said. "We're very well positioned. There's also the possibility we can call upon our operating reserves. Right now, we don't think we'll need to." 

It has more than 16,000 megawatts of installed capacity across the province. 

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The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on June 28, 2021: 

	New Record	Old Record	Records kept since
Airdrie area	34.6 C	32.8 C, 1937	1881
Athabasca area	34.5 C	30.0 C, 1925	1900
Banff area	36.6 C	31.9 C, 2015	1887
Barrhead area	34.8 C	31.9 C, 2015	1912
Beaverlodge area	37.5 C	28.9 C, 1928	1912
Bow Valley (Provincial Park) area	37.7 C	31.5 C, 2015	1928
Breton area	33.8 C	31.3 C, 2015	1939
Calgary area	34.6 C	32.8 C, 1937	1881
Camrose area	32.7 C	32.2 C, 1937	1921
Cardston	34.2 C	33.9 C, 1925	1918
Claresholm	35.2 C	32.0 C, 2015	1951
Croonation area	34.6 C	32.3 C, 2015	1912
Crowsnest area	35.1 C	30.6 C, 2015	1965
Edmonton area	34.2 C	32.2 C, 1937	1880
Edmonton (International Airport) area	32.0 C	31.3 C, 2015	1959
Edson area	36.2 C	32.2, 1937	1916
Elk Island National Park	32.0 C	30.9 C, 2015	1966
Grande Prairie area	38.4 C	28.8 C, 2008	1922
Hendrickson Creek area	35.7 C	29.0 C, 2015	1995
High Level area	30.8 C	29.5 C, 2000	1962
High River area	35.3 C	32.5 C, 2006	1913
Highvale area	33.8 C	31.4 C, 2015	1977
Jasper area	39.0 C	34.5 C, 2015	1916
Lac La Biche area	33.1 C	31.7 C, 2015	1944
Mildred Lake area	30.9 C	29.7 C, 2015	1965
Nordegg area	34.8 C	29.4 C, 1937	1915
Peace River area	36.4 C	34.4 C, 1926	1907
Red Earth Creek area	36.3 C	29.6 C, 2015	1994
Slave Lake area	34.7 C	29.4 C, 1925	1922
Stony Plain area	33.1 C	30.9 C, 2015	1966
Sundre area	33.5 C	26.8 C, 2008	1993
Vegreville area	33.0 C	32.2 C, 2015	1918
Wainwright area	34.4 C	33.3 C, 2015	1966
Waterton Park area	33.7 C	30.2 C, 2015	1976