SUNDRE – The Sundre area was one of seven places in Alberta to break high temperature records on Sunday.
In a weather summary issued Monday, Environment and Climate Change Canada noted the Sundre area recorded a new, record-high temperature for April 7.
The temperature hit 20.1 degrees Celsius (C) Sunday at the Sundre Airport. The previous record for the day of 18.6 C was set in 1996.
Weather records for the area have been kept since 1993.
The previous day on April 5, the Sundre area tied a record high temperature of 16.1 C set in 1996.
The following other Alberta areas set a daily maximum temperature record on Sunday, April 6:
• Beaverlodge area - New record of 18.6 C. Old record of 18.1 C set in 2006. Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
• Grande Prairie area - New record of 17.9 C. Old record of 16.9 C set in 2006. Records in this area have been kept since 1922.
• Hendrickson Creek area - New record of 18.3 C. Old record of 12.4 C set in 1996. Records in this area have been kept since 1995.
• Nordegg area – New record of 19.0 C. Old record of 18.3 C set in 1930. Records in this area have been kept since 1915.
• Red Earth Creek area – New record of 20.6 C. Old record of 16.3 set in 2005. Records in this area have been kept since 1994.
• Slave Lake area – New record of 19.4 C. Old record of 18.9 C set in 1955. Records in this area have been kept since 1922.
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.
