SUNDRE – The Sundre area was one of 25 locations across the province to break high temperature records Sunday.
According to Environment Canada's weather summary issued Monday, the temperature rose to 18.6 C at the Sundre Airport on March 17.
That’s a new record for the date, the federal agency noted, since records in the area started being kept in 1993.
The previous record high for the area on March 17 was 17.1 C set in 2007.
The following areas also set a daily maximum temperature record on March 17 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):
Banff area - New record of 16.0. Old record of 14.4 set in 1956. Records in this area have been kept since 1887.
Barrhead area - New record of 15.9. Old record of 13.9 set in 1976. Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
Beaverlodge area - New record of 20.6. Old record of 11.2 set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1912.
Bow Valley Provincial Park area - New record of 18.1. Old record of 15.6 set in 1972. Records in this area have been kept since 1928.
Breton area - New record of 16.1. Old record of 15.6 set in 1976. Records in this area have been kept since 1939 .
Cardston area - New record of 20.2. Old record of 17.4 set in 2007. Records in this area have been kept since 1918.
Claresholm area - New record of 21.5. Old record of 19.0 set in 1985. Records in this area have been kept since 1951.
Crowsnest area - New record of 16.5. Old record of 13.4 set in 2007. Records in this area have been kept since 196.5
Edmonton International Airport area - New record of 13.2. Old record of 10.8 set in 1985. Records in this area have been kept since 1959.
Edson area - New record of 21.1. Old record of 17.4 set in 2007. Records in this area have been kept since 1916.
Fort McMurray area - New record of 14.7. Old record of 11.8 set in 1985. Records in this area have been kept since 1908.
Grande Prairie area - New record of 21.3. Old record of 10.2 set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1922.
Hendrickson Creek area - New record of 18.9. Old record of 11.1 set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1995.
High River area - New record of 17.5. Old record of 15.0 set in 2007. Records in this area have been kept since 1913.
Highvale area - New record of 17.2. Old record of 14.5 set in 1985. Records in this area have been kept since 1977.
Jasper area - New record of 20.2. Old record of 15.0 set in 1947. Records in this area have been kept since 1916.
Lac La Biche area - New record of 12.7. Old record of 12.0 set in 1985. Records in this area have been kept since 1944.
Nordegg area - New record of 19.3. Old record of 13.3 set in 1947. Records in this area have been kept since 1915.
Peace River area - New record of 18.5. Old record of 14.4 set in 1910. Records in this area have been kept since 1907.
Pincher Creek area - New record of 20.1. Old record of 17.8 set in 1905. Records in this area have been kept since 1893.
Red Earth Creek area - New record of 21.5. Old record of 11.6 set in 2019. Records in this area have been kept since 1994.
Slave Lake area - New record of 18.3. Old record of 15.0 set in 1959. Records in this area have been kept since 1922.
Stony Plain area - New record of 15.4. Old record of 12.5 set in 1985. Records in this area have been kept since 1966.
Waterton Park area - New record of 17.9. Old record of 16.6 set in 2007. Records in this area have been kept since 1976.
The temperature records reported here have been derived from a selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record and may contain preliminary or unofficial information.
