Eight temperature records fell in communities across southern Manitoba Monday due to the unseasonably warm weather.
Christy Climenhaga, a scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said while Winnipeg didn’t set a record — the high of 21.7 C was a few degrees lower than the record of 25.6 C in 1953 — other locations did.
Brandon broke the longest-standing record, recording 24.9 C, which was 2.1 C warmer than the high temperature of 22.8 C set in 1897.
Tom Muir organizes his extensive Halloween display in the front yard of his home on Lyndale Drive in Brandon on a beautiful Monday afternoon. Brandon broke the longest-standing record, recording 24.9 C. (Tim Smith / The Brandon Sun)
Record temperatures were also set in Carberry (24.7, 23.9 in 1963), Deerwood (25.7, 23.5 in 1987), McCreary (25, 24 in 1986), Melita (25.6, 23.5 in 1986), Pilot Mound (23.9, 23.3 in 1953) Shoal Lake (22.4, 22 in 1986) and Steinbach (23.6, 22 in 1986).
Although Sunday was also beautiful in southern Manitoba, no records fell, Climenhaga said.
“It was just a nice day,” she said.
Temperatures in the next few days will be cooler and closer to the normal high for this time of year, which is about 7 C.
Kevin Rollason
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