Manitoba heatwave breaks slew of weather records

Colleen Bready has your current conditions and updated weather forecast for May 29, 2026.

Manitobans were feeling the heat on Thursday, with a slew of communities smashing warm weather records.

New numbers from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) show that 24 Manitoba communities saw their warmest May 28th on record, with some communities seeing temperatures as high 37 C.

One of the most sizeable jumps was in Grand Rapids, which reached 37.3 C. Its previous record of 32.5 C was set in 1986.

Similarly, Gilliam recorded a high of 30.4 C – a jump of almost four degrees from its previous record set in 1950.

In Shoal Lake, temperatures reached 34.6 C, easily besting its previous 1986 record of 31 C. Swan River experienced scorching temperatures of 36.6 C, a jump of about three degrees from its previous record set in 1986.

Brandon, Carman, Dauphin, Morden, Portage la Prairie and Winkler all beat warm weather records set more than 100 years ago, with all these communities exceeding 35 C.

The numbers also show some communities, including Altona, Berens River, Dominion City, Emerson, Oak Point and Thompson, eked out new records, surpassing the previous temperatures by a margin of less than 1 C.

Other communities that saw record-breaking temperatures include The Pas, Pilot Mound, Melita, McCreary, Lynn Lake, Fisher Branch, Deerwood and Carberry.

The full report is available online.