Manitoba’s cold weather broke several temperature records in different communities on Thursday, including one that had been in place since the 1940s.
According to a weather summary from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), four communities in Manitoba set new records for cold temperatures.
The coldest? The Roblin area reported a temperature of -37.1 C on Thursday. The old record was -35.5 C, which was set in 2000.
The Pilot Mound area reported a temperature of -34.3 C, down from the previous record of -33.9 C set in 1940.
The Carberry area set a new record of -36.8 C, breaking the record set in 1995 of -35 C.
Finally, the Carman area reported a temperature of -34.6 C, a drop from -33.4 C reported in 1995.