Environment Canada said new heat records were set in three Alberta communities on December 28, 2023. (Photo: Dezzor | Dreamstime.com)

By David Opinko

Heat records set in three Alberta communities

Dec 29, 2023 | 8:56 AM

It may be near the end of December, but it certainly does not feel like winter in many parts of Alberta.

Environment Canada reports that three communities in the province had their warmest Dec. 28s on record.

Brooks got the warmest with a daily maximum temperature of 13.3 degrees Celsius. That barely inched past the previous record of 13.2 degrees Celsius set in 1999.

In Onefour, a research substation in the southeastern corner of Alberta, it got as warn as 12.4 degrees Celsius, surpassing the 1956 record of 12.2 degrees Celsius.

Jasper was a bit cooler at 9.2 degrees Celsius, although it was enough to topple the old record of 6.8 degrees Celsius set in 1980.

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