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Seven new weather records were set on Saturday in Saskatchewan and summer-like thunderstorms rolled in Sunday evening.

Brad Vrolijk, lead forecaster with Environment and Climate Change Canada says some unusual weather for this time of year moved into the province. And that the storms from the strong low-pressure system which developed over Alberta were much more organized than is normal for the end of October.

“And as it was crossing the border last night, we actually saw some thunderstorms develop along its southern flank. Stretching from roughly east of Lloydminster, north of the Yellowhead highway, south towards the Kindersley region is where we saw most of that activity last night.”

Some social media reports indicated lots of thunder and lightning with hail in Neilburg and Paynton.

On Saturday, La Ronge broke the longest standing record when the mercury reached 18.4 degrees beating a record set in 1937 of 15 degrees Celsius.  Five locations broke records set in 1982 including Broadview, Key Lake, Nipawin, South Reindeer area and Waskesiu Lake.

The following areas set a daily maximum temperature record on October 25, 2025 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):

BROADVIEW AREA
New record of 22.0
Old record of 20.3 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

KEY LAKE AREA
New record of 13.8
Old record of 13.5 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1976

LA RONGE AREA
New record of 18.4
Old record of 15.0 set in 1937
Records in this area have been kept since 1923

NIPAWIN AREA
New record of 19.0
Old record of 18.0 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1927

ROCKGLEN AREA
New record of 19.9
Old record of 19.5 set in 2019
Records in this area have been kept since 1970

SOUTHEND REINDEER AREA
New record of 14.3
Old record of 13.5 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

WASKESIU LAKE AREA
New record of 15.9
Old record of 15.0 set in 1982
Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Note: the temperature records reported here have been derived from a
selection of historical stations in each geographic area that were
active during the period of record.