Manitoba weather: Heat records broken across the province

Two Manitoba cities set new heat records on Thursday.

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Churchill reached a high of 5.1 C, easily surpassing the old record of 2.2 C set in 1964.

Meanwhile, the mercury in the Swan River area rose to a high of 14.5 degrees Celsius, breaking the previous record set in 2016 of 13.1 degrees Celsius.

According to the weather bureau, records have been kept in Churchill and Swan River since 1929 and 1960 respectively.

Temperatures across the region soared this week thanks to a low passage north, with the south in the sweet spot between a leading warm front and a trailing cold front.

Meanwhile, double-digit temperatures in the south are expected to continue into the weekend.

– With files from CTV’s Colleen Bready