Edmonton breaks heat record for July 8

Edmonton swelters in record heat The City of Edmonton enacted its extreme heat weather response Monday as people sought ways to alleviate effects of the hot temperatures.

The City of Edmonton has set a new daily record high temperature.

Edmonton hit a high temperature of 32.6 C, beating the previous July 8 record high of 32.2 C.

Looking ahead to Tuesday and Wednesday, there's a chance we'll see three consecutive days of record-breaking heat.

July 9's record high is 34.1 C in 2015. We'll get to a high of 33-34 C on Tuesday.

July 8 updated temps

July 10's record high of 33.5 C from 2001 is almost certain to fall as the afternoon high is expected to be from 33-36 C.

Temperatures will likely drop out of the 30s for Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Edmonton. However, we're still anticipating warmer-than-average temperatures as afternoon highs are forecast to be in the upper 20s.