{"id":799453,"date":"2026-07-13T16:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799453\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T16:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T16:45:10","slug":"manitoba-communities-smash-heat-records-winnipeg-free-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/799453\/","title":{"rendered":"Manitoba communities smash heat records \u2013 Winnipeg Free Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Parts of Manitoba smashed temperature records over the weekend, amid an ongoing heat wave that is not expected to break for several days.<\/p>\n<p>Environment and Climate Change Canada projected temperatures to reach the mid-30s in southern Manitoba Monday, with the humidex making it feel more like mid-40s.<\/p>\n<p>The heat threat prompted Environment Canada to issue an orange-level heat warning across southern Manitoba. A yellow-level warning was issued for central parts of the province, where temperatures are expected to reach the low 30s but feel hotter with the humidity.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4390949_web1_BJ-20260712WPGFolkFestival12.jpg\" data-pswp- data-pswp-width=\"2048\" data-pswp-height=\"1638\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4390949_web1_BJ-20260712WPGFolkFestival12.jpg\" alt=\"BROOK JONES \/ FREE PRESS&#10;                                Rory Zen, 4, and his dad, Ian Zienkicz, have fun while trying to stay cool at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Sunday.\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>BROOK JONES \/ FREE PRESS<\/p>\n<p>Rory Zen, 4, and his dad, Ian Zienkicz, have fun while trying to stay cool at the Winnipeg Folk Festival on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Even parts of northern Manitoba, where temperatures are forecast around 30 C, are under yellow-level warnings, Environment Canada said.<\/p>\n<p>Daytime highs shattered temperature records in seven communities Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Four others tied their record highs.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tWinnipeg Free Press | Newsletter\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newslettericons-danlett.jpg\" alt=\"Sign up for Dan Lett | Not for Attribution\"\/><\/p>\n<p>MCreary was the provincial hotspot, reaching 36.5 C and breaking the old record of 32 C, set in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>Gretna reached 35.8 C, beating out its old record of 35.6 C from 1969.<br \/>\nPortage la Praire reached 35.7 C, breaking its 1939 record of 35.6 C.<br \/>\nCarberry reached 34.7 C, breaking the 1969 record of 33.9 C.<br \/>\nKleefeld reached 34.4 C, tying its 1969 record high.<br \/>\nSwan River reached 33.9 C, tying the record high set in 1964.<br \/>\nGimli reached 33.9 C, tying its 1955 record.<br \/>\nFisher Branch reached 33.9 C, breaking its 1979 record of 32 C.<br \/>\nGillam reached 32.9 C, tying its 2012 record.<br \/>\nShoal Lake reached 32.9 C, breaking its 1964 record of 29.4 C.<br \/>\nGrand Rapids reached 32.9 C, breaking its 2012 record of 32.3 C.<\/p>\n<p>The temperature in Winnipeg reached a stifling 35.3 C, with a humidex level that made it feel like 47 C. The previous record for July 12 was set in 1936, when the temperature reached 37.8 C.<\/p>\n<p>The city has opened the doors to leisure centres and libraries to provide drinking water during regular operating hours and provide shelter from the heat.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Winnipeg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/manitoba\/manitoba-heat-wave-9.7267857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">website<\/a> lists eight community centres that are serving as cooling spaces and nine hydration stations.<\/p>\n<p>fpcity@freepress.mb.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parts of Manitoba smashed temperature records over the weekend, amid an ongoing heat wave that is not expected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-799453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}