Environment Canada says several heat records were set across the province on Sunday, March 17, 2024. (Photo: Marianvejcik | Dreamstime.com)

By David Opinko

Pincher Creek broke 119-year-old heat record Sunday

Mar 18, 2024 | 8:58 AM

CLARESHOLM, AB – Even though spring is not set to start until Tuesday, it sure felt like spring this past weekend.

Environment Canada says Sunday was the warmest March 17 on record in 21 communities throughout Alberta

Among the places where records were set, Claresholm and Pincher Creek were the warmest, each reaching maximum temperatures of 21.5 degrees Celsius.

The new record set in Pincher Creek toppled the one that had been standing for the last 119 years, as it reached 17.8 degrees back in 1905.

Locally, heat records were also set in Banff, Bow Valley Provincial Park, Cardston, Crowsnest Pass, High River, and Waterton Lakes National Park.

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The full list of daily maximum temperature records in the province is available below:

• 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 1965
• EDMONTON (INT’L APRT) 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
• SUNDRE AREA
  • New record of 18.6
  • Old record of 17.1 set in 2007
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1993
• 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

Environment Canada says Lethbridge hit a high of 20.5 degrees on Sunday, but it was not enough to get the city on the list of heat records.

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