Sundre - For a second consecutive day, bitterly cold temperatures broke records across the province Saturday.
In a weather summary issued Sunday, Environment Canada noted the Sundre area recorded a new, record-low temperature for Jan. 13.
The temperature dropped to -44.5 C Saturday at the Sundre Airport. The previous record for the day of -41.7 C was set in 2005.
Area records have been kept since 1993.
It was one of 24 areas Environment Canada noted in the summary to have broken previous low temperature records for Jan. 13.
The federal agency noted that low temperatures in the Sundre area, along with 38 other Alberta locales also broke Jan. 12 records.
The following areas set a daily minimum temperature record on Saturday, Jan. 13:
• Bow Island area - New record of -40.0 C. Old record of -37.8 C set in 1971. Records in this area have been kept since 1961.
• Brooks area - New record of -42.2 C. Old record of -40.0 C set in 1916. Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
• Camrose area - New record of -44.9 C. Old record of -37.2 C set in 1969. Records in this area have been kept since 1921.
• Cardston area - New record of -38.8 C. Old record of -37.9 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1918.
• Claresholm area - New record of -39.9 C. Old record of -38.9 C set in 1971.Records in this area have been kept since 1951.
• Cold Lake area - New record of -43.1 C. Old record of -42.2 C set in 1953. Records in this area have been kept since 1952.
• Coronation area - New record of -46.2 C. Old record of -37.9 C set in 1979. Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
• Crowsnest area - New record of -40.4 C. Old record of -38.4 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1965.
• Drumheller area - New record of -43.0 C. Old record of -39.7 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1923.
• Edmonton International Airport area - New record of -45.3 C. Old record of -41.7 C set in 1972. Records in this area have been kept since 1959.
• Edson area - New record of -43.5 C. Old record of -40.6 C set in 1972. Records in this area have been kept since 1916.
• Elk Island National Park area - New record of -41.1 C. Old record of -38.1 C set in 2020. Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
• Esther area - New record of -46.5 C. Old record of -34.9 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1985.
• Hendrickson Creek area - New record of -43.2 C. Old record of -41.1 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1995.
• Lloydminster area - New record of -41.9 C. Old record of -37.2 C set in 1972. Records in this area have been kept since 1952.
• Medicine Hat area - New record of -41.4 C. Old record of -38.9 C set in 1916. Records in this area have been kept since 1883.
• Milk River area - New record of -44.2 C. Old record of -36.6 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1994.
• Onefour area - New record of -40.3 C. Old record of -35.0 C set in 1979. Records in this area have been kept since 1928.
• Red Deer area - New record of -44.3 C. Old record of -38.8 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1904.
• Red Earth Creek area - New record of -44.6 C. Old record of -41.4 C set in 1996. Records in this area have been kept since 1994.
• Stony Plain area - New record of -41.0 C. Old record of -35.0 C set in 1972. Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
• Vegreville area - New record of -44.6 C. Old record of -39.5 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1918.
• Wainwright area - New record of -46.3 C. Old record of -39.0 C set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
The federal agency notes that these temperature records have been derived from a selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were active during the period of record.
