Unofficial high temperature records set for multiple southern Alberta communities Thursday

Many areas of southern Alberta set a daily maximum temperature record for November 12, on Thursday.   

The Claresholm and Stavely areas set a new record of 20.2 degree Celsius, beating the old record of 18.5 set in 1999. Records in this area have been kept since 1951 and 1914, respectively.  

The Crownest Area set a new record of 16.1, surpassing the previous record of 14.5 set in 1990. Records in this area have been kept since 1965.  

And the Waterton Park Area also set a new record of 17.5 degrees Celsius on Thursday, beating the old record for November 12, of 16.7, set in 2016. Records have been kept in this area since 1976.