Hot, dry start to the week with highs around 30 C in southern Alberta on Monday
Monday's weather will be very similar to Sunday's across southern Alberta with clear skies, minimal wind and temperatures that are well above seasonal.
Early Monday, air quality advisories were issued for the southeast portion of the province as smoke from northern Alberta was impacting the region.
By 8 a.m. Monday, those advisories had been lifted, but smoke will likely move back in as it tracks south and east along the foothills and over the ridge of high pressure that is currently serving as the main weather-maker in southern Alberta, B.C. and Saskatchewan.
Smoke was noticeable in Calgary early Monday, but both Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Alberta government sites were still reporting levels well-below the threshold level for an advisory with an air quality health index rating of 3 - or low risk - as of 8 a.m.
Both daytime highs and lows are expected to remain elevated on Monday with some locations in southern Alberta forecast to see highs as warm as 34 C.
That ridge is expected to start to flatten by Wednesday allowing for more instability to move in, bringing scattered showers through the B.C. interior before persistent periods of rain impact southern Alberta on Thursday and Friday.
In Calgary, there is the potential for more than 20 millimetres of rain over just a couple of days.
This rain will be helpful for wildfires and to help lower the fire danger risk.
Hot, dry start to the week with highs around 30 C in southern Alberta on Monday
The fire danger relative index as of 7 a.m. Monday, June 9, 2025.
As of Monday morning, most of the province remains under an extreme rating according to the fire danger relative index, which is an assessment of how easy it would be for a wildfire to start, how difficult it would be to control a wildfire if one does start and the amount of potential damage from a wildfire.
Temperatures will start to moderate by the end of the week, getting closer to the seasonal high of 19.5 C.
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