Warm weather trickles into Manitoba, shatters records

A sudden change in weather in Manitoba broke several records on Friday.

Environment Canada said a warm Pacific air mass is the cause of the record high temperatures. In Winnipeg, the temperature reached 5.6 C.

• Environment Canad weather summaries

That's up from 5.4 C a record set in 1981. In Pinawa, it warmed up to 12.5 C.

The previous record of 7.5 C was set in 1981. Sprague reached 11.8 C knockingthe old record of 6.0C set in 1981 out of the park.

Records were also set in the following Manitoba communities:

• Berens River
• Dauphin River
• Fisher Branch
• Flin Flon
• Gimli
• Gretna
• Norway House
• Pilot Mound
• Swan River
• The Pas
• Thompson

Island Lake and Lynn Lake also saw near-record high temperatures Friday.

Winnipeg could be in for another record Saturday.CBC meteorologist John Sauder predicts Winnipeg will get to 2 C.The record is 3.9 C, set in 1954.