Record heat across Alberta Thursday, 2 tornadoes confirmed from Monday’s storms

The Northern Tornado Project has confirmed two tornadoes formed northeast of Edmonton during a storm on Monday.

Twenty record highs were set in Alberta on Thursday.

That includes both the Edmonton Blatchford weather station and the station at Edmonton International Airport.

Blatchford hit 32.7 C, breaking the old record of 32.2 C set in 1936. 32.7 C also appears to be the third-hottest May temperature on record.

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EIA’s high of 32.8 C also breaks the old record of 31.1 C set in 1986.

We’ll post the full list of records below, but first let’s deal with the tornadoes from earlier in the week.

Severe thunderstorms last Monday produced two tornadoes at Atmore and Avenir in northern Alberta.

Those communities are about 200 km northeast of Edmonton (near Plamondon).

The Northern Tornadoes Project did on-site storm assessments and has determined the tornado near Atmore at 7 p.m. had an estimated wind speed of 175 km/h.

There was some damage to a few homes and the preliminary rating is EF1.

At 7:25 p.m., a tornado near Avenir did some damage to trees in the area and has a preliminary rating of EF1.

There are no tornado reports from the severe storms that hit Alberta on Thursday evening, although there are reports of wind damage from gusts in the 60 to 100 km/h range.

Some of the strongest gusts were reported at the Edmonton International Airport. That area had gusts in the 115-130 km/h range.

Those storms came on the heels of Thursday’s record-setting heat.

Here’s a full list of the new record highs courtesy Environment & Climate Change Canada:

Athabasca area

• New record of 31.6 C
• Old record of 31.4 C set in 2019
• Records in this area have been kept since 1900

Bow Island area

• New record of 32.2 C
• Old record of 29.4 C set in 1966
• Records in this area have been kept since 1961

Bow Valley (provincial park) area

• New record of 29.7 C
• Old record of 27.8 C set in 1936
• Records in this area have been kept since 1928

Calgary area

• New record of 30.9 C
• Old record of 30 C set in 1934
• Records in this area have been kept since 1881

Claresholm area

• New record of 32.7 C
• Old record of 31.5 C set in 1986
• Records in this area have been kept since 1951

Edmonton International Airport area

• New record of 32.8 C
• Old record of 31.1 C set in 1986
• Records in this area have been kept since 1959

Edmonton area

• New record of 32.7 C
• Old record of 32.2 C set in 1936
• Records in this area have been kept since 1880

Fort Chipewyan area

• New record of 34.7 C
• Old record of 30.0 C set in 1936
• Records in this area have been kept since 1883

High Level area

• New record of 32.3 C
• Old record of 30.0 C set in 1972
• Records in this area have been kept since 1962

Lacombe area

• New record of 31.9 C
• Old record of 30.5 C set in 1986
• Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Mildred Lake area

• New record of 33.5 C
• Old record of 30.4 C set in 2019
• Records in this area have been kept since 1965

Milk River area

• New record of 31.8 C
• Old record of 27.7 C set in 1995
• Records in this area have been kept since 1994

Peace River area

• New record of 31.5 C
• Old record of 30.6 C set in 1935
• Records in this area have been kept since 1907

Pincher Creek area

• New record of 30.7 C
• Old record of 30.0 C set in 1936
• Records in this area have been kept since 1893

Red Deer area

• New record of 31.6 C
• Old record of 30.7 C set in 1986
• Records in this area have been kept since 1904

Red Earth Creek area

• New record of 33.3 C
• Old record of 31.6 C set in 2019
• Records in this area have been kept since 1994

Rocky Mountain House area

• New record of 29.5 C
• Old record of 29.1 C set in 1986
• Records in this area have been kept since 1915

Stony Plain area

• New record of 31.0 C
• Old record of 30.5 C set in 1995
• Records in this area have been kept since 1966

Sundre area

• New record of 30.3 C
• Old record of 28.5 C set in 1995
• Records in this area have been kept since 1993

Wainwright area

• New record of 32.1 C
• Old record of 30.5 C set in 1986
• Records in this area have been kept since 1966