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Manitoba heat melts more weather records

People take in the warm weather at Central Park in downtown Winnipeg during a heat wave earlier in March that shattered temperature records across North America.

A spring-like heat wave is melting what remains of winter across southern Manitoba, breaking even more weather records on Sunday.

It was 20 C in Winnipeg as of 1 p.m. CT on Sunday, well above Environment Canada's previous record high for this day — 8.8 C — that was set in 2000.

In Brandon, the previous record for warmest temperature on this day was 8.9 C, set in 1959. It was 15 C in the Wheat City early Sunday afternoon, according to Environment Canada.

A similar record was broken in Portage la Prairie, Man., where the previous record high was 10.2 C in 1991. It was 15 C on Sunday afternoon, with the mercury expected to reach 23 C.

It was a little cooler in Dauphin, Man., at 8 C as of 1 p.m., but it's still above the previous record high of -6.9 C that was set last year.

Environment Canada is forecasting a daytime high in Dauphin of 16 C on Sunday.

RCMP issued a warning on Sunday to avoid going on the Red and Assiniboine rivers due to "unsafe ice conditions."

Police say ice fishing on the rivers, especially in the Lockport area, is not advised.

Even with the current record-busting temperatures, it's officially still winter — the first day of spring is on Tuesday.