Medicine Hat and other southeast Alberta communities set weather records for second day

Environment Canada reported weather records for 26 Alberta communities or regions on Thursday.

Also included in Southern Alberta were Bow Valley, Banff, Calgary, Cardston, Crowsnest, Esther, Milk River, Pincher Creek, and Waterton Park.

The full list from Environment Canada is below.

ATHABASCA AREA 
New record of 10.3 
Old record of 10.0 set in 1926 
Records in this area have been kept since 1900 

BANFF AREA 
New record of 11.3 
Old record of 8.9 set in 1954 
Records in this area have been kept since 1887 

BOW ISLAND AREA 
New record of 17.3 
Old record of 11.4 set in 2002 
Records in this area have been kept since 1961 

BOW VALLEY (PROVINCIAL PARK) AREA 
New record of 15.2 
Old record of 13.9 set in 1941 
Records in this area have been kept since 1928 

BROOKS AREA 
New record of 15.2 
Old record of 11.0 set in 1984 
Records in this area have been kept since 1912 

CALGARY AREA 
New record of 18.2 
Old record of 17.4 set in 1984 
Records in this area have been kept since 1881 

CARDSTON AREA 
New record of 19.4 
Old record of 17.5 set in 1993 
Records in this area have been kept since 1918 

COLD LAKE AREA 
New record of 8.9 
Old record of 5.6 set in 1954 
Records in this area have been kept since 1952 

CROWSNEST AREA 
New record of 13.7 
Old record of 11.0 set in 2009 
Records in this area have been kept since 1965 

EDMONTON (INT'L APRT) AREA 
New record of 8.8 
Old record of 6.6 set in 1991 
Records in this area have been kept since 1959 

ESTHER AREA 
New record of 10.1 
Old record of 10.0 set in 1991 
Records in this area have been kept since 1985 

HENDRICKSON CREEK AREA 
New record of 13.3 
Old record of 9.4 set in 1996 
Records in this area have been kept since 1995 

JASPER AREA 
New record of 11.8 
Old record of 10.0 set in 1941 
Records in this area have been kept since 1916 

LAC LA BICHE AREA 
New record of 10.9 
Old record of 8.9 set in 1954 
Records in this area have been kept since 1944 

LLOYDMINSTER AREA 
New record of 7.3 
Old record of 7.2 set in 1954 
Records in this area have been kept since 1952 

MEDICINE HAT AREA 
New record of 15.8 
Old record of 12.2 set in 1991 
Records in this area have been kept since 1883 

MILK RIVER AREA 
New record of 19.9 
Old record of 11.7 set in 2002 
Records in this area have been kept since 1994 

NORDEGG AREA 
New record of 15.8 
Old record of 11.7 set in 1954 
Records in this area have been kept since 1915 

PINCHER CREEK AREA 
New record of 17.0 
Old record of 13.9 set in 1941 
Records in this area have been kept since 1893 

RED DEER AREA 
New record of 9.0 
Old record of 8.9 set in 1924 
Records in this area have been kept since 1904 

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE AREA 
New record of 13.8 
Old record of 11.7 set in 1963 
Records in this area have been kept since 1915 

SLAVE LAKE AREA 
New record of 10.6 
Old record of 8.9 set in 1954 
Records in this area have been kept since 1922 

STONY PLAIN AREA 
New record of 11.0 
Old record of 10.5 set in 1984 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

SUNDRE AREA 
New record of 13.1 
Old record of 11.3 set in 1996 
Records in this area have been kept since 1993 

WAINWRIGHT AREA 
New record of 8.9 
Old record of 6.5 set in 1984 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966 

WATERTON PARK AREA 
New record of 15.4 
Old record of 14.0 set in 2007 
Records in this area have been kept since 1976

by Jesse Gill

Medicine Hat and other southeast Alberta communities set weather records for second day

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