Several cold weather records were broken in southern Alberta on Monday, June 17, 2024. (Photo: Pashapixel | Dreamstime.com)

By David Opinko

Cold records set in southern Alberta Monday

Jun 18, 2024 | 1:33 PM

Several communities in southern Alberta had their coldest June 17 on record this week.

Environment Canada says daily minimum temperatures were set in seven communities on Monday, while one other tied its existing record.

Waterton got the coldest with a low of -4.8 C.

Cardston toppled its cold record that had been standing for the last 75 years at -0.1 C.

The fill list of weather records is below:

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• CARDSTON AREA
  • New record of -0.1
  • Old record of 0.0 set in 1949
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1918
• CROWSNEST AREA
  • New record of -1.5
  • Old record of -1.0 set in 1985
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1965
• JASPER AREA
  • New record of -3.9
  • Old record of -0.2 set in 2004
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1916
• MILK RIVER AREA
  • New record of 1.3
  • Old record of 1.7 set in 2000
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1994
• PINCHER CREEK AREA
  • New record of 0.6
  • Old record of 1.0 set in 1985
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1893
• STAVELY AREA
  • Tied record of 0.0 set in 1994
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1914
• SUNDRE AREA
  • New record of -0.1
  • Old record of 0.0 set in 2021
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1993
• WATERTON PARK AREA
  • New record of -4.8
  • Old record of -2.0 set in 1985
  • Records in this area have been kept since 1976