By Shawn Slaght
Four weather records were set in the province on Sunday as a heatwave passed across Saskatchewan over the weekend.
Coronach set a record high of 30.5 C, breaking the previous record of 29.3 C set in 2016. Records in this area have been kept since 1961.
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The Rockglen area reached a high of 27.6 C to set a new record, breaking the previous record of 27.4 C, also set in 2016. Records for the Rockglen area go back to 1970.
Meanwhile, the Hudson Bay area went up to 32.1 C to break the previous record of 31.1 C set in 2016. Records for the area date back to 1943.
And finally, the Weyburn area had a high of 30.5 C to break the previous record of 29.9 C set in 2016. Records have been kept for that area since 1953.
In Moose Jaw, the temperature reached a high of 27.3 C, shy of the record of 31.8 C set in 2016