Environment Canada says six locations in southern Saskatchewan set new record highs on Sunday.

Yellow Grass was the hotspot at 11 degrees Celsius although it did not set a new record high.

Estevan at 7.6 degrees and Regina at 5.8 degrees for a high on Sunday, both broke 80-year-old records set in 1945.

Saskatoon’s daytime high Sunday was +2.7 degrees.  In Prince Albert the daytime high Sunday was -3.2 degrees.

On Sunday, February 8, 2026, several daily maximum temperature
records were broken (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):

CORONACH AREA
New record of 10.6
Old record of 7.5 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1961

ESTEVAN AREA
New record of 7.6
Old record of 6.1 set in 1945
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

MOOSE JAW AREA
New record of 10.2
Old record of 10.0 set in 1954
Records in this area have been kept since 1894

REGINA AREA
New record of 5.8
Old record of 5.6 set in 1945
Records in this area have been kept since 1883

ROCKGLEN AREA
New record of 8.7
Old record of 7.2 set in 1976
Records in this area have been kept since 1970

WEYBURN AREA
New record of 10.5
Old record of 7.5 set in 1996
Records in this area have been kept since 1953