Medicine Hat records Alberta’s warmest temperature Wednesday; One Four sets daily record

Medicine Hat was the Alberta hot spot on Wednesday at 20.8 C.

That temperature was close to the Canadian high of 21.5 C in Ashcroft, B.C.

Environment Canada said a daily weather record was also set in southeast Alberta on Wednesday in the One Four area.

The daily high of 19.6 C broke an 85-year-old record of 18.9 C set all the way back in 1941.