Wednesday proved to be a scorching hot day as meteorologists predicted.
WATCH ABOVE: The intense heat much of Alberta is currently experiencing could become more common because of climate change, according to experts at Environment Canada. Breanna Karstens-Smith reports.While temperatures in much of Alberta were expected to cool slightly compared with a day earlier, the entire province remained under a heat warning on Thursday morning.
You can view the temperatures reached in all 29 areas where preliminary data indicates they broke July 10 records at the bottom of this article. Melissa Story, an information officer with Alberta Wildfire, said conditions are very hot for wildland firefighters this week and that the organization adjusts as best it can.
“It gets way too hot around 5 p.m. or 6 p.m.,” he said, adding his crews take more breaks, drink lots of water and try to spend as much time as they can in the shade.In the Edmonton area, the city set a new record for the warmest July 10 temperature in its history on Wednesday at just over 36 C.
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