A dozen heat records broken in Alberta Thursday

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Edmonton had its second consecutive day of record-setting heat on Thursday.

The high of 35.3 C breaks 1940's mark of 34.4 C on July 18 that year.

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This comes just one day after the city hit a record high of 34.0 C on Wednesday for July 17.

Eleven other locations around the province also set record highs.

Not included in the above images are:

Beaverlodge, which reached 34.5 C on Thursday, beating the mark of 33.9 C from 1941.

Hendrickson Cree, which reached 30.3 C on Thursday, beating the old record of 27.9 C from 2004.