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Warm weather trickles into Manitoba, shatters records

Warm weather trickles into Manitoba, shatters records

A sudden change in weather in Manitoba broke several records on Friday.

Environment Canada said a warm Pacific air mass is the cause of the record high temperatures. In Winnipeg, the temperature reached 5.6 C.

That's up from 5.4 C — a record set in 1981. In Pinawa, it warmed up to 12.5 C.

The previous record of 7.5 C was set in 1981. Sprague reached 11.8 C knocking the old record of 6.0C set in 1981 out of the park.

Records were also set in the following Manitoba communities:

- Berens River

- Dauphin River

- Fisher Branch

- Flin Flon

- Gimli

- Gretna

- Norway House

- Pilot Mound

- Swan River

- The Pas

- Thompson

Island Lake and Lynn Lake also saw near-record high temperatures Friday.

Winnipeg could be in for another record Saturday. CBC meteorologist John Sauder predicts Winnipeg will get to 2 C.The record is 3.9 C, set in 1954.