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By David Opinko

Lethbridge & Pincher Creek broke 117-year-old heat records on Canada Day

Jul 2, 2021 | 12:12 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Another day, another set of heat records broken in Alberta.

On Canada Day, Environment Canada reports that maximum temperature records were set in 44 Albertan communities.

Of those, Medicine Hat was the hottest at 39.5 degrees, breaking their now-former record of 35.4 degrees set in 1990.

While Lethbridge and Pincher Creek did not get that hot, their new records are perhaps a bit more interesting as they smashed previous records that were set more than a full century ago.

Lethbridge got up to 37.9 degrees, making it the warmest July 1 in the city since 1904.

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That was the same year that Pincher Creek’s previous record of 32.2 degrees was established. 117 years later, the mercury hit 35 degrees in the town.

A heat warning remains in effect for nearly all of Alberta.

In Lethbridge, temperatures are expected to cool down in the coming days. By Sunday, the high is forecast to be 26 degrees and will remain in the high 20s or low 30s next week.

The full list of new heat records, provided by Environment Canada, can be found below:

Athabasca Area
New record of 35.1
Old record of 33.3 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Banff Area
New record of 35.6
Old record of 31.6 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1887

Barrhead Area
New record of 36.5
Old record of 34.4 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Bow Island Area
New record of 37.0
Old record of 32.4 set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1961

Bow Valley (Provincial Park) Area
New record of 37.6
Old record of 30.4 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1928

Breton Area
New record of 35.0
Old record of 28.3 set in 1942
Records in this area have been kept since 1939

Brooks Area
New record of 37.3
Old record of 33.9 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Calgary Area
New record of 36.3
Old record of 32.8 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1881

Camrose Area
New record of 33.5
Old record of 32.8 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1921

Cardston Area
New record of 35.4
Old record of 31.0 set in 1985
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Claresholm Area
New record of 36.6
Old record of 32.0 set in 1985
Records in this area have been kept since 1951

Cold Lake Area
New record of 34.8
Old record of 29.7 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1952

Coronation Area
New record of 37.2
Old record of 33.3 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Crowsnest Area
New record of 33.8
Old record of 29.5 set in 1987
Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Drumheller Area
New record of 38.8
Old record of 33.3 set in 1977
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

Edmonton (int’l Aprt) Area
New record of 32.9
Old record of 27.4 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Elk Island (National Park) Area
New record of 32.7
Old record of 29.1 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Esther Area
New record of 38.8
Old record of 29.8 set in 2003
Records in this area have been kept since 1985

Fort Chipewyan Area
New record of 36.1
Old record of 32.2 set in 1926
Records in this area have been kept since 1883

Fort Mcmurray Area
New record of 37.9
Old record of 35.0 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1908

Hendrickson Creek Area
New record of 31.6
Old record of 30.1 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1995

High River Area
New record of 36.3
Old record of 30.0 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1913

Highvale Area
New record of 35.9
Old record of 28.5 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1977

Jasper Area
New record of 39.4
Old record of 33.9 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1916

Lethbridge Area
New record of 37.9
Old record of 33.9 set in 1904
Records in this area have been kept since 1902

Lloydminster Area
New record of 34.4
Old record of 30.6 set in 1928
Records in this area have been kept since 1904

Medicine Hat Area
New record of 39.5
Old record of 35.4 set in 1990
Records in this area have been kept since 1883

Lac La Biche Area
New record of 33.9
Old record of 29.5 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1944

Mildred Lake Area
New record of 38.2
Old record of 33.1 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Milk River Area
New record of 36.7
Old record of 31.9 set in 2017
Records in this area have been kept since 1994

Nordegg Area
New record of 35.6
Old record of 31.7 set in 1924
Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Onefour Area
New record of 37.7
Old record of 36.0 set in 1990
Records in this area have been kept since 1928

Pincher Creek Area
New record of 35.0
Old record of 32.2 set in 1904
Records in this area have been kept since 1893

Red Earth Creek Area
New record of 37.8
Old record of 32.4 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1994

Rocky Mountain House Area
New record of 34.9
Old record of 30.6 set in 1942
Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Slave Lake Area
New record of 35.7
Old record of 31.1 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1922

Stettler Area
New record of 36.2
Old record of 29.0 set in 1977
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Stony Plain Area
New record of 34.8
Old record of 27.6 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Strathmore Area
New record of 35.3
Old record of 32.2 set in 1918
Records in this area have been kept since 1912

Sundre Area
New record of 35.2
Old record of 28.2 set in 2013
Records in this area have been kept since 1993

Taber Area
New record of 36.0
Old record of 33.0 set in 1990
Records in this area have been kept since 1947

Vegreville Area
New record of 33.7
Old record of 30.0 set in 1940
Records in this area have been kept since 1918

Wainwright Area
New record of 35.9
Old record of 30.5 set in 1977
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Waterton Park Area
New record of 34.4
Old record of 30.0 set in 1985
Records in this area have been kept since 1976