A record-setting snowfall hit Waterloo Region on Sunday, leading to icy conditions on the roadways and a rise in the number of reported collisions.

According to Rob Kuhn, a meteorologist with Environment Canada’s Ontario Storm Prediction Centre, Kitchener broke a daily snowfall record for Nov. 9 with 14 cm of snow throughout the day, passing the previous record of 10.2 cm set in the early 1900’s.

“I think this was a bit of a wake-up call for folks contemplating whether to put the snow tires on yet or not,” said Geoff Coulson, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada. “Looking at the longer range forecast, we do settle back to more seasonal temperatures as we get towards the end of the work week and head into the weekend.”

It was an all-day snow event, as snowfall recorded at the University of Waterloo’s weather station shows that 6 cm fell by 10 a.m., followed by about half of a centimetre per hour until around 11 p.m.

Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for Waterloo Region on Sunday, and weather specialists are anticipating scattered flurries on Monday.

“Even though the bulk of what we were expecting fell yesterday, there’s still scatted flurry activity, there’s blowing and drifting snow with strong gusty winds as well,” said 570’s Weather Specialist Denise Andreacchi. “We’re still dealing with the impacts of this early season snowfall.”

Andreacchi added that falling temperatures throughout the day on Sunday led to some slippery conditions on roadways.

“At first, yesterday’s snow melted on contact, then it started to stick to the ground, but we did have a lot of wet surfaces, it wasn’t just snow,” said Andreacchi.

In a statement to 570 NewsRadio, Waterloo regional police said they responded to 20 collisions on Sunday, an increase from just eight reported collisions the Sunday prior.

Regional police added that there were no reported injuries in the collisions on Sunday.

Temperatures are expected to fall to feels-like -12 C overnight on Monday before rising to 5 C with showers by Wednesday.