User:Howardrford/North America

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The following table lists records of extreme temperature in territories of North America, which here includes Central America and the Caribbean.


Territory Lowest Temperature Highest Temperature
T°C Place Date T°C Place Date
North America -66.1 North Ice Station Flag of Greenland Greenland 9 January 1954 53.9 Death Valley Flag of the United States United States 18 July 1960, 17 July 1998, 19 July 2005 and 6 July 2007
Flag of Anguilla Anguilla (UK) 17.9 The Valley [1] April 2003 33.6 The Valley [2][3] 5 September and 6 September 2006
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda 16.3 V.C.Bird International Airport Antigua [4][5] 24 December 1991 35.0 Codrington Barbuda [6]
Botanic Gardens Antigua [7] June 1935
Flag of Aruba Aruba (Neth.) 20.3 Aruba [8][9] 36.5 Queen Beatrix International Airport [10][11] 16 September 2003
Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas 3.0 Freeport Grand Bahama [4] 20 January 1977 36.5 Nassau Airport New Providence [4] 7 June 1998
Flag of Barbados Barbados 15.0 Gibbons Boggs [12] January 1980 34 Husbands [13][14] Numerous dates
Flag of Belize Belize 6 Douglas D'Silva Forestry Station, Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve [15] 42 Central Farm, Belize School of Agriculture (near San Ignacio) [16] April 1983 and March 1984
Flag of Bermuda Bermuda (UK) 6.1 Hamilton [17][18] 25 January 1908 and January 1923 34.9 Hamilton 18 August 1931
Flag of Bonaire Bonaire (Neth.) [19] 18.9 Flamingo International Airport [20][21] 35.9 Flamingo International Airport [22][23] 8 October 2005
Flag of the British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (UK) 15.6 Road Town Tortola [24] August 1993 35.6 Road Town Tortola [24] 1993 and others
Flag of Canada Canada -63.0 Snag Yukon [25] 3 February 1947 45.0 Midale and Yellow Grass Saskatchewan [25] 5 July 1937
Flag of Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (UK) 12.8 Owen Roberts International Airport Grand Cayman [4][26] 11 February 1968 34.7 Owen Roberts International Airport Grand Cayman [4][26][27] 4 August 2004
West Bay Grand Cayman [4][26] 13 January 1981
Blakes Grand Cayman [28][26]
Flag of Costa Rica Costa Rica -3 Villa Mills San José province [29][30][31] 42.0 Cañas Guanacaste province [32] 26 April 1952
Flag of Cuba Cuba 0.6 Bainoa La Habana (Havana) province [33][34] 18 February 1996 38.8 Jucarito Granma province [33] 17 April 1999
Manzanillo Granma province [33] 18 April 1999
Flag of Curaçao Curaçao (Neth.) [19] 19.0 Hato International Airport [35][36] 38.3 Hato International Airport [4][37] 16 September 1996
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic -1.0 Constanza La Vega province [38][39] 6 February 1958 42.8 Duvergé Ázua province [38][40] 29 August 1965
Flag of Dominica Dominica 16.1 Melville Hall Airport, Marigot [41][42][43] February 1978 35.4 Canefield Airport, Roseau [2] [42] 8 August 2005
Flag of El Salvador El Salvador -3.1 Los Naranjos Sonsonate department [44][45] March 1983 44.8 San Miguel San Miguel department [44] April 1958
Flag of Greenland Greenland (Den.) -66.1 North Ice Station [46][47] 9 January 1954 30.0 Ivittuut (Ivigtût) [48] 23 June 1915
Flag of Grenada Grenada 13 Grand Etang [49] December 1992 34.4 Richmond_Hill,_Grenada [7] October 1957
Flag of Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (Fr.) 9.8 St-Claude [50][51] December 1996 36.4 Anse Bertrand [52] 19 September 1987
Flag of Guatemala Guatemala -11.5 Labor Ovalle, Olintepeque Quetzaltenango department [53][54] 10 January 2002 45.0 Estanzuela Zacapa department [53][55] May 1998
Flag of Haiti Haiti 1 Seguin [56] 8 December 1957 40.3 Turgeau [57] June 1910
Flag of Honduras Honduras -0.6 La Esperanza Intibucá department [32] 17 February 1956 43.3 San Pedro Sula Cortés department [58][59] March 1987
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica 3.8 New Haven Gap [60][61][62] 27 December 1885 37.8 Castleton Gardens St Mary parish [63] 2 August 1914
Flag of Martinique Martinique (Fr.) 12.0 Fonts-St-Denis (Morne-des-Cadets) [64] March 1965 37.0 St-Pierre [65][66] 8 June 1985, 17 April 1986 and 7 May 1986
Flag of Mexico Mexico -28.5 Balerio [32][67] 30 January 1949 52.0 Delta and Rancho Williams (near Ciudad Morelos) Baja California state [68][69][70] 27 July 1995
Mexicali Agricultural Station Baja California state [71][70] 28 July 1995
Flag of Montserrat Montserrat (UK) 16.7 Grove Botanic Station [7][72] February 1937 36.1 Grove Botanic Station [7][73] September 1930
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles (Neth.) [74] 16.4 F.D. Roosevelt Airport Sint Eustatius [75] 26 February 2002 38.3 Hato International Airport Curaçao [76][77] 16 September 1996
Flag of Nicaragua Nicaragua 7.7 Ocotal [78][79][80] 7 February 1980 42.0 Chinandega [81] 2 April 1972
Flag of Panama Panama 2.0 Bajo Grande Chiriquí province [82] 1995 40.0 San Francisco Veraguas province [82] 1998
Flag of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (US) 4.4 Aibonito [83] 9 March 1911 39.4 San Lorenzo [83] 22 August 1906
Flag of Saba Saba (Neth.) [19] 16 Saba [84] 35.0 Saba National Marine Park [85][86] August 1993
Flag of Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy (Fr.) 15.6 Gustavia [87] December 1949 35.2 Gustavia [4] 3 September 1984
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.1 La Guérite St Kitts [88] 35.1 Basseterre [4][89] 7 September 1987
Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia 15.6 Castries [90][91] Numerous dates 35.6 Castries [4][91] 18 May and 19 May 1979, and 8 May and 9 May 1980
Flag of Saint Martin (France) Saint Martin (Fr.) 17.0 Orléans [92] 20 January 1976 36.4 Orléans [93] 1 September 1981
Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.) -22.5 St-Pierre [94] 1875 28.0 St-Pierre [94] 1876
St-Pierre 18 August or 19 August 1935
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.7 Kingstown [7] December 1949 35.6 Camden Park [95] June 1979
Flag of Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius (Neth.) [19] 16.3 Oranjestad [96][97] December 1965 34.3 F.D. Roosevelt Airport [98] 9 October 2004
Flag of Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (Neth.) [19] 17.0 Princess Juliana International Airport [35] 35.1 Princess Juliana International Airport [99]
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago 15.0 Penal Trinidad [100][101][102] January 1977 and February 1978 36.5 Piarco International Airport Trinidad [4][102][103] 25 September 1990
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 16.0 Providenciales International Airport [4] 25 January 2005 34.0 Providenciales International Airport [4][104] 3 August and 13 August 2005
Flag of the United States United States -62.1 Prospect Creek Camp Alaska [105] 23 January 1971 53.9 Death Valley (Greenland Ranch) California [106][107] 18 July 1960
Death Valley (Furnace Creek Visitor Center) California [106][108][107] 17 July 1998, 19 July 2005 and 6 July 2007
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands (US) 15.0 Annaly St Croix [109][110] 13 March 1976 36.1 Annaly St Croix [109] 8 October 1982 and 11 October 1982

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Monthly Air Temperature (Celsius) 2000-2007, The Government of Anguilla. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b Daily Summaries from Synop Reports, OGIMet.com. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  3. ^ 35°C has possibly been recorded at The Valley.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Global Summary of the Day (GSOD), National Climatic Data Center. Retrieved 4 December 2007.
  5. ^ 15.6°C reported from the Botanic Gardens in November 1925 is probably unreliable.
  6. ^ Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda, WeatherBase. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d e Monthly Weather Summary Special Issue, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  8. ^ Klimatabelle für Aruba, wetter.com. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  9. ^ 18.9°C reported from |Oranjestad is probably unreliable.
  10. ^ Annual Report 2003, Meteorological Service, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Retrieved 5 April 2008.
  11. ^ 37.2°C reported from |Oranjestad is probably unreliable.
  12. ^ Monthly Weather Summary, 1980, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
  13. ^ Monthly Weather Summaries for 1980, 1984 and 1988, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  14. ^ 35°C has been reported from Bridgetown but this is probably unreliable.
  15. ^ Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve, Ambergris Caye Belize. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
  16. ^ Monthly Weather Summary, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 26 January 2007.
  17. ^ Weather Summary for January 2000, The Bermuda Weather Service. Retrieved 5 December 2007.
  18. ^ 3.9°C reported from Prospect is probably unreliable.
  19. ^ a b c d e Currently this territory is part of the Netherlands Antilles (which can also be found in this table), but will become a separate entity by the end of 2008.
  20. ^ Climatological Summary for Bonaire, Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  21. ^ Temperatures as low as 16.4°C reported from Kralendijk between 1962 and 1972 are probably unreliable.
  22. ^ Climatological Summary 2005, Meteorological Service of the Nederlands Antilles and Aruba. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  23. ^ 36.7°C reported on 8 August 1998 and 12 September 1998, and 36.2°C reported on 6 May 1998 (all at Flamingo International Airport) are probably unreliable.
  24. ^ a b Monthly Averages for Road Town, British Virgin Islands, The Weather Channel. Retrieved 6 November 2007.
  25. ^ a b Canadian Weather Records, Dan Dan the Weatherman. Retrieved 4 February 2007.
  26. ^ a b c d An extreme range of temperatures from 11.2°C to 36.5°C has been reported from the islands.
  27. ^ 36.1°C reported from Georgetown Grand Cayman is probably unreliable.
  28. ^ Blakes, Cayman Islands, Weatherbase. Retrieved 7 November 2007.
  29. ^ Life history and systematics of Albusambia elaphoglossumae (Lepidoptera:Crambidae):A new genus and species of musotimine with leaf-mining biology from Costa Rica, Scientific Electronic Library Online. Retrieved 9 May 2007.
  30. ^ Villa Mills (elevation c.3000m) is believed to have a small population.
  31. ^ -9°C was reported at high altitude on Cerro Chirripó on 21 February 1971.
  32. ^ a b c McWhirter, Norris and Ross McWhirter (1969). Dunlop Illustrated Encyclopedia of Facts. Doubleday. ISBN 0385011199.
  33. ^ a b c Mínimos y máximos. Las temperaturas de la Tierra, El Habanero. Retrieved 15 February 2007.
  34. ^ 0°C reported from Rancho_Boyeros La Habana (Havana) province in 1939 is possibly reliable.
  35. ^ a b Area and Climate, Central Bureau of Statistics, Netherlands Antilles. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  36. ^ This reading is possibly unreliable. 17.0°C reported from Willemstad on 9 March 1933, and 19.0°C reported from Cas Chiquito on 4 February 1925 are possibly reliable. 20.6°C was reported from Hato International Airport on 16 February 1989.
  37. ^ 38.9°C reported from Willemstad is possibly reliable.
  38. ^ a b Efemérides Meteorológicas Dominicanas, ACQWeather.com. Retrieved 19May 2007.
  39. ^ -3.5°C was recorded at Valle Nuevo (near Constanza) La Vega province on 2 March 1959. A temperature of -8°C has been reported at high elevation on Pico Duarte.
  40. ^ A temperature of 43.0°C reported from Mao Valverde province on 31 August 1954 is unreliable.
  41. ^ Monthly Weather Summary 1978, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
  42. ^ a b Extreme temperatures of 14.4°C and 37.2°C reported from Roseau Botanic Gardens are probably unreliable.
  43. ^ Temperatures as low as 12°C are believed to be reached at higher elevations.
  44. ^ a b Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales (SNET).
  45. ^ A temperature of -6°C (place unknown) was reported on 11 January 1956.
  46. ^ Przybylak, Rajmund (2003). The Climate of the Arctic. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1402011342.
  47. ^ This station is located on the uninhabited high altitude Greenland ice cap. The lowest temperature recorded at an inhabited place is probably -47.2°C at Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord) on 4 January 1983.
  48. ^ The highest temperature recorded in the last 50 years is 25.5°C at Kangerlussuaq (Søndre Strømfjord) on 27 July 1990.
  49. ^ Monthly Weather Summary January to December 1992, Caribbean Meteorological Institute. Retrieved 20 May 2007.
  50. ^ Il a neigé sur la Soufrière, VolCreole.com. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  51. ^ The date is believed to be correct.
  52. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1987, Direction de la Météorologie Service Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  53. ^ a b Datos Meteorologicos de las Cabeceras Departamentales, Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH). Retrieved 19 May 2007.
  54. ^ Occidente con frío bajo cero, Prensa Libre. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  55. ^ The date is believed to be correct.
  56. ^ Centre d’Études de Géographie Tropicale (CEGET) (1985). Atlas d’Haïti. ISBN 2-222-03574-0.
  57. ^ Bulletin Météorologique 1910, Société Astronomique et Météorologique de Port-au-Prince (Haïti), NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 2 July 2007.
  58. ^ Medidas Básicas a tomar en cuenta ante ola de calor, HRN La Voz de Honduras. Retrieved 19 May 2007.
  59. ^ A temperature of 43.7°C recorded in the south of Honduras in June 1979 is unreliable.
  60. ^ Weather Report, 1885, Jamaica, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
  61. ^ It is not known whether New Haven Gap is inhabited. 4.4°C has been recorded on a number of occasions at Hill Gardens (Cinchona Gardens) St Andrew parish.
  62. ^ 0.7°C was recorded at high altitude on Blue Mountain Peak in February 1893.
  63. ^ Weather Report, 1914, Jamaica, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  64. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps aux Antilles et en Guyane Française 1965, Service Météorologique du Groupe Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  65. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1986, Direction de la Météorologie Service Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  66. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1987, Direction de la Météorologie Service Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  67. ^ The location of Balerio is not known and the reading may not be reliable. Temperatures as low as -27°C are believed to have been reported from Chihuahua state.
  68. ^ Normales Climatológicas 1971-2000, Delta, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, México. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  69. ^ Normales Climatológicas 1971-2000, Rancho Williams, Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, México. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  70. ^ a b 58.0°C reported from San Luis Río Colorado Sonora state on 11 August 1933, and 54.0°C reported from Delta on 3 August 1998 are unreliable. The San Luis report is sometimes incorrectly attributed to San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí state.
  71. ^ Normales Climatológicas 1971-2000, Mexicali Cmpo. Agr. Exp., Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, México. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
  72. ^ This station is likely to be overexposed. 15.0°C reported in November 1937 is probably unreliable.
  73. ^ This station is likely to be overexposed. 36.7°C reported in June and July 1922 and [November]] 1927 are probably unreliable.
  74. ^ This territory will cease to exist by the end of 2008. It will be replaced by the separate entities of Bonaire, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba which can be found in this table.
  75. ^ Climatological Summary 2002, Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  76. ^ Historical Weather: Hato Airport, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, El Tiempo. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  77. ^ 38.9°C has been reported from Willemstad Curaçao.
  78. ^ Febrero 2006: Comportamiento Espacio Temporal de las Principales Variables Climatológicas, Temperatura Mínima Absoluta del Aire, Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER). Retrieved 7 November 2007.
  79. ^ Dirección General Meteorología, Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER).
  80. ^ INETER reports that 4°C is likely to have been reached in the country at higher elevations.
  81. ^ Temperaturas Máximas y Olas de Calor en el Periodo Seco de Nicaragua, Instituto Nicaragüense de Estudios Territoriales (INETER). Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  82. ^ a b Climatología, Temperaturas, Extremos Por Año, Hidrometeorología República de Panamá. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
  83. ^ a b Heinrichs, Anne (2003). Puerto Rico. Compass Point Books. ISBN 0756503574.
  84. ^ This is an estimated temperature.
  85. ^ Table 1. CARICOMP daily site measurements: Monthly mean of daily maximum air temperatures (°C), 1992-1995, Environment and development in coastal regions and in small islands. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  86. ^ In the source, the temperature readings are stated to be “monthly mean of daily max. temp” although they are almost certainly monthly absolute maximum temperatures.
  87. ^ Annales des Services Météorologique de la France d’Outre-Mer, Année 1959, Ministère la France d’Outre-Mer, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 4 February 2006.
  88. ^ US Department of Commerce (1991). Climates of the World.
  89. ^ 36.7°C reported from Basseterre National Agricultural Corporation St Kitts in October 1982 is probably unreliable.
  90. ^ Meteorological Returns, Botanic Station, St Lucia, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  91. ^ a b An extreme range of temperatures from 13.9°C to 36.1°C has been reported from Soufrière but these are possibly unreliable.
  92. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1976, Service Météorologique Antilles Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  93. ^ Résumé Mensuel de Temps 1981, Direction de la Météorologie Service Antilles – Guyane, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 25 May 2007.
  94. ^ a b Annales du Bureau Central Météorologique de France Année 1902, Ministère de l’Instruction Publique, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
  95. ^ Monthly Weather Summary 1979, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 26 May 2007.
  96. ^ Statistiek van de Meteorologische Waarnemingen in de Nederlandse Antillen, Nederlandse Antillen Departement Socilae en Economische Zaken, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  97. ^ This reading is possibly unreliable. 16.4°C was reported from F.D. Roosevelt Airport on 26 February 2002.
  98. ^ Annual Climatological Report 2004, Meteorological Service, Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  99. ^ Climatological Summary for Sint Maarten, Meteorological Service of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  100. ^ Monthly Weather Summary 1977, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  101. ^ Monthly Weather Summary 1978, Caribbean Meteorological Institute, NOAA Central Library, Climate Data Imaging Project. Retrieved 30 May 2007.
  102. ^ a b Temperatures of 11.1°C and 38.3°C reported from St Clair Trinidad appear to be over-exposed and therefore are probably unreliable.
  103. ^ Chaguaramas Trinidad may have reported 37.8°C.
  104. ^ An extreme temperature range of 15.8 Temperatures may have reached as high as 35.6°C in older undated records.
  105. ^ Record-Setting Weather, Weather Explained. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
  106. ^ a b Weather and Climate, Death Valley National Park, National Park Service. Retrieved 28 May 2007.
  107. ^ a b "The record Greenland Ranch maximums in July 1913 (the 8th thru 14th had highs of [in °F] 128, 129, 134, 129, 130, 131, and 127) are very untrustworthy: they are not supported by data from surrounding stations, nor are they supported by 80 subsequent years of high temperature measurements in Death Valley." See http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.wx-talk/browse_thread/thread/3665a8b27502bd84/53a73368356fc466?#53a73368356fc466 Death Valley Summer, Take Two.
  108. ^ This Month’s Highs and Lows, USAToday. Retrieved 8 July 2007.
  109. ^ a b Annaly, Virgin Islands, Period of Record Daily Climate Summary, Southeast Regional Climate Center. Retrieved 18 May 2007.
  110. ^ Extreme temperatures recorded at Cyril E. King Airport (Charlotte Amalie) between 1972 and 1996 are unreliable.