Alberta cold snap breaks more records as deep freeze set to recede Thursday [Video]

As Albertans get ready to welcome a reprieve from what has been a long stretch of very cold weather in much of the province, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says more cold temperature records were broken on Tuesday.

A weather summary posted to the agency’s website on Wednesday said preliminary data indicates parts of the province set new records for daily minimum temperature on Feb. 18: the Coronation area set a new record of -38.5 C, surpassing the 1929 record of -36.1 C; the Stony Plain area broke its 1986 record of -32 C by reaching -32.4 C, and the Milk River area tied its 2011 record of -29.4 C.

Temperatures were forecast to be somewhat warmer in most of the province on Wednesday and ECCC projects that much of Alberta will actually see above-zero temperatures on Thursday.

In Edmonton, officials announced Wednesday that the city will lift its extreme weather …