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Heat returns tomorrow after respite today

Plenty of records set around the province during baking-hot Wednesday

By: Staff Writer

Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 at 9:11 AM | Comments: 0

Lucas Canart, 6, keeps cool under the water at the outdoor Keystone Y pool on Wednesday. (BRUCE BUMSTEAD/BRANDON SUN)

Although it wasn't clear yesterday, Environment Canada confirmed today that Brandon set a hot-weather record on Wednesday, edging past the 1972 mark by two-tenths of a degree.

On Aug. 29, 1972, the highest temperature recorded in Brandon was 36.7 C — but Brandon squeaked past that around 4 p.m. yesterday, when the temperature hit 36.9 C.

Brandon was one of several Manitoba communities to break records yesterday:

Carberry smashed its 1996 mark of 29 C by hitting 36.8 C.
Melita soared past its own 1996 mark of 30.1 C with a 36.1 C.
Pilot Mound, at 35.5 C, was half a degree warmer than its 35 C record from 1961.
Shoal Lake hit 34.1 C, well up from the 28.8 C it saw in 1996.
Wasagaming baked under 34.8 C temperatures, about a degree warmer than the 33.9 C from 1972.

McCreary, which hit 36.5 C yesterday, was just a tenth of a degree shy of its 1972 record.

Notably, Canadian hot spot Dauphin, which hit a scorching 37.9 C yesterday at the Dauphin airport, wasn't credited with a record. Enviroment Canada says at least 15 years of data are required for official records.

It's unlikely anyone will be setting new records today — temperatures are expected to be at least 10 degrees cooler this afternoon than yesterday.

Environment Canada is calling for a high of 25 C in Brandon this afternoon, not even close to the 33.9 C record from 1972, but still a few degrees warmer than normal.

Skies should clear late this morning, with winds picking up to become about 20 km/h from the northwest.

Clear skies will continue tonight, with a low of 9 C, and Friday will dawn sunny.

Although temperatures will bounce up again on Friday, with a forecast high of 30 C, that's still about five degrees shy of a 1961 record in Brandon.

Friday will stay sunny with a bit of a breeze, and the heat will continue through the weekend.

Saturday and Sunday should see a mix of sun and cloud, with highs around 28 C and a chance of showers both days. Weekend lows will be in the mid-to-low teens — not a bad start to September.

Into next week, the forecast calls for sunny skies on Labour Day Monday, with a high of 26 C.

Tuesday and Wednesday will be carbon copies of Monday.

The normal high for this time of year is 22 C, the normal low is 9 C.

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