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Calgarians experienced record-breaking weather Saturday as the temperature climbed to 15 C.

The high broke the previous record for Dec. 9 — from 1890, when the temperature reached 14.4 C.

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And Calgary wasn’t the only city to experience the unusual December weather, with one other record set in High Level, six other near-records in the province and one tie with a previous record.

“It’s certainly not common,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Amanda Prysizney.

“Western North America is basically under an upper ridge. So well above seasonal temperatures for all of western Canada.”

The break from winter weather is expected to continue across southern Alberta for the next week, with highs between 10 and 12 degrees above normal.

“Normal for this time of year in southern Alberta is about 0 C or 1 C, as a daytime high, and then overnight low is about -10 C, so it’s significantly warmer than normal,” said Prysizney.