The most significant heat is moving out of Saskatchewan with just the southeast under a heat warning on Friday.  The hot spot in the province Thursday was Yellow Grass North; Weyburn at 36.5 degrees.

It doesn’t look like Saskatchewan will set any records for electricity use during this heatwave. With the hot weather the province’s residents have been running air conditioners and fans full out trying to cool off.

SaskPower says on Thursday usage was just short of a record again peaking at 3,655 Megawatts. The summer record is 3,669 Megawatts.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on July 11, 2024 (temperature values given in degrees 
Celsius) as per Environment and Climate Change Canada: 

ASSINIBOIA AREA 
New record of 35.5 
Old record of 35.1 set in 2021 
Records in this area have been kept since 1965 

CORONACH AREA 
New record of 36.4 
Old record of 36.1 set in 1968 
Records in this area have been kept since 1961 

HUDSON BAY AREA 
New record of 34.0 
Old record of 33.5 set in 2021 
Records in this area have been kept since 1943 

LUCKY LAKE AREA 
New record of 33.8 
Old record of 32.2 set in 2021 
Records in this area have been kept since 1972 

OUTLOOK AREA 
New record of 34.0 
Old record of 33.9 set in 1925 
Records in this area have been kept since 1915 

WASKESIU LAKE AREA 
New record of 32.8 
Old record of 31.1 set in 2002 
Records in this area have been kept since 1966