Several records go back more than 100 years.
MANITOBA
Several record low temperatures were set this morning under a ridge of high pressure over Manitoba.
The following is a summary of weather event information received by Environment Canada.
Berens River
New record of -24.4 degrees Celsius (-11.9F)
Old record of -21.7 degrees Celsius (-7.1F) set in 1909
Records date back to 1905.
Fisher Branch
New record of -20.4 degrees Celsius (-4.7F)
Old record of -11.8 degrees Celsius (10.8F) set in 2000
Records date back to 1978.
Gimli
New record of -20.4 degrees Celsius (-4.7F)
Old record of -17.2 degrees Celsius (1.0F) set in 1962
Records date back to 1944.
Island Lake
New record of -21.1 degrees Celsius (-6.0F)
Old record of -20.6 degrees Celsius (-5.1F) set in 2000
Records date back to 1971.
Norway House
New record of -24.5 degrees Celsius (-12.1F)
Old record of -22.8 degrees Celsius (-9.0F) set in 1908
Records date back to 1897.
Pinawa
New record of -21.1 degrees Celsius (-6.0F)
Old record of -12.5 degrees Celsius (9.5F) set in 2000
Records date back to 1964.
Portage la Prairie
New record of -15.6 degrees Celsius (3.9F)
Old record of -14.4 degrees Celsius (6.1F) set in 1962
Records date back to 1886.
Sprague
New record of -16.5 degrees Celsius (2.3F)
Old record of -15.0 degrees Celsius (5.0F) set in 1962
Records date back to 1916.
The Pas
New record of -20.9 degrees Celsius (-5.6F)
Old record of -18.0 degrees Celsius (-0.4F) set in 1986
Records date back to 1911.
Thompson
New record of -27.8 degrees Celsius (-18.0F)
Old record of -23.4 degrees Celsius (-10.1F) set in 1985
Records date back to 1967.
Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial information and does not constitute a complete or final report.
ONTARIO
15 April 2014 – Unseasonably cold air over Northwestern Ontario and areas north of Lake Superior.
The following is a summary of weather event information received by Environment Canada.
Location…………….morning low temperature
Kenora………-17.0 c (1.4F) (previous record -12.2 c (10.0F) in 1962)
Dryden………-17.1 c (1.2F) (previous record -11.1 c (12.0F) in 1970)
Sioux Lookout..-21.6 c (-6.9F)(previous record -16.1 c (3.0F) in 1943)
Armstrong……-26.1 c (-15.0F) (previous record -21.1 c (-6.0F) in 1943)
Geraldton……-21.1 c (-6.0F) (previous record -13.3 c (8.1F) in 2011)
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