The temperature in Calgary reached 27.1 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, breaking a 106 year record that was set in 1910.
RECORD SET! It's official. Calgary reached 27.1 today, beating the previous record of 26.7, set in 1910. #yyc #Calgary #abstorm
— CTV - David Spence (@CTVdavidspence) April 19, 2016
The previous record was 26.7 degrees and there were a number of other communities in Alberta that were working on setting new records as well.
- Banff is forecasted to have a high of 25 (record 22.8 set in 1934)
- Claresholm is forecasted to have a high of 28 (record 24.4 set in 1952)
- Red Deer is forecasted to have a high of 25 (record 25.1 set in 1910)
- Rocky Mountain House is forecasted to have a high of 27 (record 22.2 set in 1962)
- Strathmore is forecasted to have a high of 27 (record 24.4 set in 1943)
Unofficially, some of the high temp records in S. Alberta today. #yyc #Calgary #abstorm pic.twitter.com/FZTYAX9aJs
— CTV - David Spence (@CTVdavidspence) April 19, 2016
On Monday, 49 temperature records were broken in B.C., along with 29 in Alberta.
Environment Canada says it’s been a fairly warm April so far this year, with an average temperature of 16.9 degrees. March was much cooler, sitting at an average 9.7 degrees.
April 2015’s average temperature was a shade cooler at 14.4 degrees.
The past few months have been very dry too, with only 0.6 mm of rain and negligible amounts of snow so far this month and 2.3 mm of rain and 2.4 mm of snow in March.
The dry conditions have also prompted a number of fire bans throughout Alberta.
The full weather forecast and details can be found on CTV's Weather page.
