New heat records were set in 31 Alberta communities on September 28, 2022. (Image: Detry26 | Dreamstime.com)

By David Opinko (Lethbridge News Now)

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Heat records set in 31 Alberta communities Sept. 28

Sep 29, 2022 | 3:48 PM

It may be fall now, but Alberta is still periodically experiencing summer weather.

Environment Canada says new heat records were set in 31 communities across the province on Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

Medicine Hat was the warmest at 33.8 degrees Celsius, breaking the September 28 record set 113 years ago in 1909.

Although it was a little cooler in Red Deer with a daily temperature maximum of 28.4, it broke the record that had been standing since 1904.

The full list of new heat records in Alberta for September 28, as provided by Environment Canada, is as follows:

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• Bow Island Area
  • New record of 33.4
  • Old record of 30.0 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1961
• Bow Valley (Provincial Park) Area
  • New record of 28.2
  • Old record of 27.8 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1928
• Breton Area
  • New record of 27.1
  • Old record of 26.0 set in 2012
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1939
• Cardston Area
  • New record of 30.7
  • Old record of 28.5 set in 1987
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1918
• Claresholm Area
  • New record of 31.9
  • Old record of 31.1 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1951
• Cold Lake Area
  • New record of 28.1
  • Old record of 25.6 set in 1976
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1952
• Coronation Area
  • New record of 30.9
  • Old record of 30.0 set in 1936
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1912
• Crowsnest Area
  • New record of 28.2
  • Old record of 26.1 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1965
• Drumheller Area
  • New record of 32.1
  • Old record of 30.0 set in 1949
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1923
• Elk Island (National Park) Area
  • New record of 25.5
  • Old record of 25.2 set in 2012
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1966
• Esther Area
  • New record of 30.5
  • Old record of 26.8 set in 2020
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1985
• Fort Chipewyan Area
  • New record of 23.9
  • Old record of 22.0 set in 2017
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1883
• High River Area
  • New record of 30.7
  • Old record of 27.0 set in 2012
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1913
• Highvale Area
  • New record of 26.9
  • Old record of 25.6 set in 2012
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1977
• Lethbridge Area
  • New record of 31.8
  • Old record of 31.1 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1902
• Medicine Hat Area
  • New record of 33.8
  • Old record of 33.3 set in 1909
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1883
• Lacombe Area
  • New record of 29.0
  • Old record of 28.9 set in 1949
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1907
• Mildred Lake Area
  • New record of 27.7
  • Old record of 26.7 set in 1976
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1965
• Milk River Area
  • New record of 33.0
  • Old record of 26.8 set in 2010
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1994
• Nordegg Area
  • New record of 26.0
  • Old record of 24.5 set in 2017
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1915
• Onefour Area
  • New record of 32.8
  • Old record of 30.6 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1928
• Pincher Creek Area
  • New record of 29.8
  • Old record of 28.9 set in 1949
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1893
• Red Deer Area
  • New record of 28.4
  • Old record of 28.3 set in 1909
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1904
• Stettler Area
  • New record of 29.1
  • Old record of 28.0 set in 1998
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1918
• Stony Plain Area
  • New record of 26.9
  • Old record of 26.7 set in 1970
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1966
• Strathmore Area
  • New record of 28.6
  • Old record of 28.3 set in 1928
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1912
• Sundre Area
  • New record of 27.4
  • Old record of 27.0 set in 2012
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1993
• Taber Area
  • New record of 32.7
  • Old record of 31.7 set in 1967
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1947
• Three Hills Area
  • New record of 30.1
  • Old record of 29.4 set in 1949
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1921
• Wainwright Area
  • New record of 30.5
  • Old record of 27.2 set in 1970
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1966
• Waterton Park Area
  • New record of 29.0
  • Old record of 26.0 set in 1991
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1976

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