Heat records were set in 15 Alberta communities on Jan. 13, 2026. (Image Credit: (c) Marianvejcik | Dreamstime.com)

By David Opinko

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Jan 14, 2026 | 10:06 AM

For the middle of January, it was quite warm in Alberta yesterday.

Environment Canada says heat records were broken in 15 communities across the province on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.

The warmest community was Bow Island, which reached a high of 13 degrees Celsius, breaking its old record of 10.3 degrees set in 2021.

Medicine Hat was slightly cooler at 12.2 degrees, which ended its previous record of 10.7 degrees from 2021.

Brooks got up to 11.8 degrees, toppling 2023’s record of 9.8.

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In Grande Prairie, a high of 7.6 degrees ended the heat record that had been standing for the last 93 years.

The full list of heat records that were set in Alberta on Jan. 13 is:

BOW ISLAND AREA 
New record of 13.0 
Old record of 10.3 set in 2021 
Records in this area have been kept since 1961 

BROOKS AREA 
New record of 11.8 
Old record of 9.8 set in 2023 
Records in this area have been kept since 1912 

COLD LAKE AREA 
New record of 5.6 
Old record of 4.0 set in 1985 
Records in this area have been kept since 1952 

CORONATION AREA 
New record of 6.0 
Old record of 4.3 set in 2009 
Records in this area have been kept since 1912 

EDSON AREA 
New record of 10.4 
Old record of 8.8 set in 2004 
Records in this area have been kept since 1916 

GRANDE PRAIRIE AREA 
New record of 7.6 
Old record of 6.7 set in 1933 
Records in this area have been kept since 1922 

HENDRICKSON CREEK AREA 
New record of 8.7 
Old record of 6.7 set in 2019 
Records in this area have been kept since 1995 

LAC LA BICHE AREA 
New record of 6.6 
Old record of 4.4 set in 1949 
Records in this area have been kept since 1944 

LLOYDMINSTER AREA 
New record of 4.2 
Old record of 2.8 set in 1973 
Records in this area have been kept since 1952 

MEDICINE HAT AREA 
New record of 12.2 
Old record of 10.7 set in 2021 
Records in this area have been kept since 1883 

RED EARTH CREEK AREA 
New record of 6.1 
Old record of 4.0 set in 2025 
Records in this area have been kept since 1994 

STONY PLAIN AREA 
New record of 9.2 
Old record of 6.4 set in 2004 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

SUNDRE AREA 
New record of 10.3 
Old record of 9.3 set in 2004 
Records in this area have been kept since 1993 

VEGREVILLE AREA 
New record of 6.0 
Old record of 5.5 set in 1982 
Records in this area have been kept since 1918 

WAINWRIGHT AREA 
New record of 6.4 
Old record of 4.0 set in 1986 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966