An upper ridge coming from the United States was the reason for the warmer temperatures in southern Saskatchewan this past Wednesday.
“With that feature, it just brought lot of very hot air northwards into the region,” explained Brad Vrolijk, meteorologist with Environment Canada.
Moose Jaw set a record of 35 degrees, beating the 33.2-degree record set in 2014.
Plenty of other places in Saskatchewan set record highs, with some including:
Rosetown – 34.0 (beating 33.8 set in 2001)
Watrous – 33.7 (beating 30.9 set in 2011)
Outlook – 33.6 (beating 32.4 set in 2001)
Rockglen – 31.8 (beating 31.1 set in 2011)
Wynyard – 31.4 (beating 30.0 set in 2011)
Vrolijk added that there’s a cold front coming today. “With that, we’ll actually see pretty strong westerly winds develop later today. Across the region, across the south and the Transcanada Highway corridor, winds will increase anywhere from up to 40 to gusting 60, to 60 gusting 80 k/h later today.”
In Moose Jaw, the high for Thursday is expected to reach 26 degrees, with 80 k/h winds expected near noon. The wind should die down tonight.
Temperatures heading into the weekend are expected to stick between the mid-20s to low 30s.