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LETHRBIDGE, AB – It was a record-setting hot day across southern Alberta Thursday.
A number of places around the region not only set new daytime highs, they blew the old ones away.
Lethbridge hit 35°C Thursday making it the hottest June 3rd on record. That beat the old high by more than two degrees (32.8°C) which had stood for over 50 years.
Other communities setting new records for June 3rd include Taber, Cardston, Claresholm, Medicine Hat, Milk River, Pincher Creek, and Waterton.
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Alberta’s hot spot Thursday was Drumheller, topping out a very toasty 36.4°C.
The following are new record for June 3rd in degrees celcius:
- Lethbridge Area
New record of 35.0
Old record of 32.8 set in 1970 - Cardston Area
New record of 31.2
Old record of 31.1 set in 1970 - Claresholm Area
New record of 33.7
Old record of 31.7 set in 1970 - Crowsnest Area
New record of 29.5
Old record of 29.4 set in 1970 - Drumheller Area
New record of 36.4
Old record of 34.4 set in 1961 - Medicine Hat Area
New record of 35.3
Old record of 34.5 set in 1988 - Milk River Area
New record of 33.0
Old record of 28.3 set in 2017 - Pincher Creek Area
New record of 30.2
Old record of 30.0 set in 1970 - Taber Area
New record of 34.6
Old record of 33.9 set in 1970 - Waterton Park Area
New record of 29.8
Old record of 29.5 set in 1979