Bow Island and Brooks set new daily high temperatures. Karenr/Dreamstime.com

By Brian Konrad

WEATHER

Weather records set in parts of southern Alberta on Thursday

Feb 28, 2025 | 9:36 AM

The mercury climbed to record levels in a few locations in southern Alberta on Thursday.

Environment Canada says Bow Island reached a temperature of 14.6 C , breaking the old record of 11.1 C that was set in 1968.

Records in Bow Island have been kept since 1961.

Brooks saw a daytime high of 16.2 C, making it the hottest Feb. 27 since 1932. Weather records have been kept in Brooks since 1912.

Milk River saw the thermometer top 15.8 C, which was more than 3 degrees warmer than the previous record of 12.2 C from 2016. Records there date to 1994.

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Drumheller, Sundre and Waterton also set new record highs for Feb. 27.

Medicine Hat reached 14.5 C on Thursday, but that wasn’t even close to the record of 21.1 C set in 1992.