Saskatoon's riverbank during a frigid cold snap, pictured on Jan. 24, 2021. (Brady Lang/650 CKOM)

By CKOM News

Temperature records fall as April cold spell lingers

Apr 5, 2023 | 9:52 AM

It’s April 5 and Saskatchewan’s still in the grip of Jack Frost.

According to Environment Canada, several communities across the province broke temperature records Wednesday morning as wind chills dipped below -30 C.

Elbow, Kindersley, Last Mountain Lake, Leader, Lucky Lake and Rosetown rewrote the weather record book.

Rosetown recorded the coldest temperature at -25.8 C.

Overnight temperatures during the first week of April in Saskatchewan normally hover a couple of degrees below the freezing mark.

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The weather agency said bitter cold conditions will return Wednesday evening and last into Thursday morning before temperatures gradually warm up for the Easter weekend.