An absolutely beautiful Saturday with lots of sunshine and well above average temperatures led to a number of new daytime high records being set across Southern Manitoba, with two of the warmest marks right in the Pembina Valley. The Altona and Gretna regions topped out at 9.4 degrees Celsius, more than two degrees warmer than the previous records set in 1998.

"The combination of a strong westerly flow pumping Pacific air across the Prairies, ample sunshine all day and little snowpack to reflect the sun's energy set us up with the perfect combination of conditions to set new records," explained CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. "It's likely we'll see more records broken Monday before a strong Alberta clipper begins impacting the province late in the afternoon and early evening."

Averages for this point in February area -4 daytime and -14 overnight.

The following data is courtesy Environment Canada, with the areas noted setting or tying a daily maximum temperature record on February 24th, 2024 (temperature values given in degrees Celsius):

Altona/Gretna Area 
New record of 9.4 
Old record of 7.0 set in 1998 
Records in this area have been kept since 1949 
Dominion City Area 
New record of 8.5 
Old record of 7.8 set in 1945 
Records in this area have been kept since 1942 
Emerson Area 
New record of 8.5 
Old record of 7.8 set in 1945 
Records in this area have been kept since 1893 
Carman Area 
New record of 7.8 
Old record of 6.7 set in 1908 
Records in this area have been kept since 1895 
Winnipeg Area 
New record of 6.1 
Old record of 5.4 set in 1998 
Records in this area have been kept since 1872 
Pilot Mound Area 
New record of 6.0 
Old record of 5.6 set in 1958 
Records in this area have been kept since 1938

Meanwhile, a Special Weather Statement remains in effect for the entire southern half of the province ahead of a snowy, windy and dramatic shift in temperature pattern between Sunday night and Tuesday morning.

"At this point, it continues to look like areas south of the Trans Canada highway will miss the bulk of snow, but will still see several centimeters from Monday night into Tuesday morning," noted Sumner. "That is on top of the 3 to 5cms expected Sunday evening from a different low pressure system coming our way ahead of the stronger one."

You can find the latest forecast details, here.

According to Environment Canada, daytime highs later on Monday will be well above the freezing mark for some, but temperatures will plummet rapidly once the clipper passes by. Strong northerly winds gusting to 70 km/h will develop in the wake of the system, and morning low temperatures on Tuesday will be closing in on the -20 degree Celsius mark, along with wind chill values in the -30 to -35 range. The bitter cold looks to last a couple days before moderating later in the week.