Many communities in Manitoba broke hot-weather records over the weekend.
Environment Canada had issued heat warnings for several parts of the province including Dauphin.
The weather agency is reporting that the following communities beat hot-weather records for July 11th:
- Swan River reached 34.9 C, passing its previous record of 32.3 C that was set in 2012
- Fisher Branch set a new record of 35.3 C, beating its previous record of 35 C which was set in 2012
- Deerwood reached 33.5 C, beating its previous hot-weather record of 33.3 C, set in 1957
- Flin Flon hit a record temperature of 32.2 C. Its old record of 31.1 was set in 1939
- Gimli experienced a record temperature of 34.8 C. Its previous of 34.3 C was set in 2012
- Grand Rapids saw a record temperature of 34.2 C. Its previous record of 33.3 C was set in 2012
- Oak Point set a new record of 31.8 C, beating its old hot-weather record set in 2012
- Steinbach set a new record of 34.1 C, with its old record of 32.8 C set in 1957
In Dauphin, we could be seeing temperatures in the mid-thirties later this week.
