April 6 certainly did not feel like a spring day in Saskatchewan, with record low morning temperatures hovering near -30 Celsius in parts of the province.
Environment Canada reports that 14 Saskatchewan locations recorded new record-lows for April 6, with a number of century old records eclipsed.
In the Southwest a pair of record cold temperatures were officially recorded. Swift Current reached a new April 6 record of -23.8 celsius, breaking the old mark of -18.9 set in 1923 and standing as the coldest April 6 on records dating back to 1885. The Leader area dropped to -19.7 Celsius this morning, eclipsing the previous mark of -17.8 set in 1936.
Other Saskatchewan records were set in:
Assiniboia -21.2 Celsius (old record -19.4 set in 1975).
Broadview -21.4 Celsius (old record -21.0 set in 1979).
Elbow -20.3 Celsius (old record -19.4 set in 1936).
Estevan -20.6 Celsius (old record -17.3 set in 1979).
Kindersley -27.3 Celsius (old record -22.8 set in 1948).
Moose Jaw -20.0 Celsius (old record -18.3 set in 1936).
Regina -23.4 Celsius (old record -20.0 set in 1936).
Rosetown -28.8 Celsius (old record -20.0 set in 1920).
Saskatoon -24.6 Celsius (old record -20.0 set in 1920).
Watrous -21.6 Celsius (old record -17.5 set in 1979).
Weyburn -21.6 Celsius (old record -16.5 set in 1979).
Wynyard -21.3 Celsius (old record -18.5 set in 1979).
