Environment and Climate Change Canada says heavy snowfall and snow affected most of central and southern Alberta on Monday. “As skies cleared, overnight low temperatures dropped significantly, resulting in new daily minimum temperature records set this morning,” said a Tuesday summary from the national weather service. In Calgary, the daytime temperature dropped to -22.5C at Canada Olympic Park on Tuesday, breaking an old record of -19C. Of the communities with new daily minimum temperatures, the coldest was the Bow Valley, which saw temperatures drop to -31.7C, breaking the previous record of -28.9C.

New daily minimum temperature records were set in Alberta on November 8:

Bow Valley Provincial Park

New record -31.7 C Old record -28.9 C was set in 1945 Records in this area have been maintained since 1928

Calgary (Olympic Park)

New record -22.5 C Old record -19 C was set in 1986 Records in this area have been maintained since 1984

Cochrane

New record -27.3 C Old record -19.0 ​​C set in 1986 Records in this area have been maintained since 1984

Elk Island

New record -20.5 C Old record -19 C was set in 1986 Records in this area have been maintained since 1966

Hendrickson Creek

New record -24.6 C Old record -24.2 C was set in 2017 Records in this area have been maintained since 1995

High River

New record -25.5 C Old record -22.8 C set in 1924 Records in this area have been kept since 1913

Highvale

New record -19.5 C Old record -16.5 C was set in 1986 Records in this area have been maintained since 1977

Lloydminster

New record -20.4 C Old record -20 C was set in 1973 Records in this area have been maintained since 1952

Milk River

New record -20.0 C Old record -18.2 C was set in 2000 Records in this area have been maintained since 1994

sundre

New record -30.2 C Old record -20.8C was set in 2017 Records in this area have been maintained since 1993

Wainwright

New record -20.9 C Old record -19 C was set in 1986 Records in this area have been maintained since 1966

Waterton Park

New record -26 C Old record -20 C was set in 1986 Records in this area have been maintained since 1976

Breton, meanwhile, equaled the previous record of -23.3C set in 1940.

Records in Breton have been kept since 1939.