The mid-January warm spell may be coming to a close but not before a third day in a row for record breaking temperatures in the province. Environment Canada reports that 16 locations set or tied daily maximum temperature records on Wednesday, January 14th.

Three days running La Ronge set a new daytime high and yesterday the mercury reached 6.4 degrees. The old record was 5.6 degrees set in 1942.

Lloydminster also set a new record but that was included as part of Alberta’s weather summary. The daytime high in the border city was 6.1 degrees yesterday.

The Scott area broke a 100-year-old weather record with a daytime high of 6.0 degrees. The old record was 5.0 set in 1926.

Maple Creek broke the record set in 2008 when the daytime high reached 15.4 degrees. It was also the hotspot in the province on Wednesday.

In Alberta 39 new records were set and Claresholm, Alberta was the hotspot in the country at 19.5 degrees. There were also seven locations in BC which set new daytime highs.

BUFFALO NARROWS AREA
New record of 9.5
Old record of 7.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1962

COLLINS BAY AREA
New record of 2.5
Old record of -0.6 set in 2025
Records in this area have been kept since 1972

CYPRESS HILLS (PROVINCIAL PARK) AREA
New record of 14.2
Old record of 9.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

KEY LAKE AREA
New record of 4.2
Old record of 0.4 set in 2025
Records in this area have been kept since 1976

LA RONGE AREA
New record of 6.4
Old record of 5.6 set in 1942
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

LUCKY LAKE AREA
Tied record of 4.6 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1972

MAPLE CREEK AREA
New record of 15.4
Old record of 13.5 set in 2008
Records in this area have been kept since 1915

MEADOW LAKE AREA
New record of 8.6
Old record of 6.1 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

SCOTT AREA
New record of 6.0
Old record of 5.0 set in 1926
Records in this area have been kept since 1911

SOUTHEND REINDEER AREA
New record of 2.5
Old record of 0.8 set in 2025
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

SPIRITWOOD AREA
New record of 6.2
Old record of 6.1 set in 1942
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

STONY RAPIDS AREA
New record of 0.3
Old record of -2.0 set in 2022
Records in this area have been kept since 1960

SWIFT CURRENT AREA
New record of 8.8
Old record of 7.8 set in 1973
Records in this area have been kept since 1885

URANIUM CITY AREA
New record of 0.7
Old record of -2.3 set in 1999
Records in this area have been kept since 1953

WASKESIU LAKE AREA
New record of 7.7
Old record of 5.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

WYNYARD AREA
New record of 5.2
Old record of 2.5 set in 1986
Records in this area have been kept since 1964