Cold snap in downtown Grande Prairie (photo courtesy Everything GP Staff)

By Erika Rolling

Weather

Beaverlodge and Peace River beat their own cold records two days in a row

Dec 21, 2022 | 1:57 PM

Environment Canada says the Arctic air mass continues to bring extremely cold temperatures to Alberta. The Peace region has seen some records broken.

Most of these records were broken during the morning hours, but some were late in the evening.

In Beaverlodge:

• On Tuesday, a new record low of -39.3 C replaced the record of -39.0 C set in 1921.
• On Wednesday, a preliminary new record of -41.2 C beat the previous record of -37.1 C in 1961.

In Peace River:

Meaningful Mementos

Remembering Someone You've Lost at Christmas

Dec 03, 2024

Seasonal Sorrow

How Do You Get Through The Holidays When You're Grieving?

Nov 01, 2024

Upcoming Events at Oliver's

Grief & Loss and Estate Planning Seminars

Oct 02, 2024

• On Tuesday, a new record of -42.2 C was set. The previous record of -40.0 C was set in 1970.
• On Wednesday, the preliminary new record is -44.9 C broke the 1933 record of -38.0C.

The weather office says the results are unofficial information at this time but previous records have been derived from historical reports and stations in each geographic area.

Extreme cold temperatures are expected to stay up until this Christmas weekend.