List of extreme temperatures in Canada
In various locations in Canada, extreme temperatures are often recorded. Here is a list of 15 extreme hot and cold temperature recorded in Canada for the past 120 years, not necessarily the hottest or coldest 15 but some are shown for selected cities or regions, i.e. Toronto. These are officially recognized extreme temperatures by Environment Canada.
Highest temperature readings (selected locations, provincial records)
Date Recorded | Location | Temperature ºC (ºF) |
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July 5, 1937 | Midale, Saskatchewan and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan | 45.0 °C (113 °F)[1] |
July 11, 1936 | St. Albans and Emerson, Manitoba | 44.4 °C (112 °F)[2] |
July 16 and 17, 1941 | Lillooet and Lytton, British Columbia | 44.4 °C (111.9 °F)[3] |
July 11, 1936 | Brandon, Manitoba | 43.3 °C (110 °F)[4] |
July 5, 1937 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C (110 °F) |
July 21, 1931 | Bassano Dams, Alberta | 43.3 °C (110 °F)[5] |
July 27, 1998 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 42.8 °C (109.0 °F)[6] |
July 11 and 12, 1936 | Atikokan, Ontario | 42.2 °C (108 °F)[7] |
July 13, 1936 | Fort Frances, Ontario | 42.2 °C (108 °F)[8] |
July 11, 1936 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 42.2 °C (108 °F) |
July 20, 1919 | Biscotasing, Ontario | 42.2 °C (108 °F) |
July 30, 2009 | Woss, British Columbia | 42.1 °C (107.8 °F) |
July 15, 2014 | Ashcroft, British Columbia | 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) |
July 27, 1939 | Kamloops, British Columbia | 41.7 °C (107 °F)[9] |
July 29, 2009 | Bella Coola, British Columbia | 41.2 °C (106.2 °F) |
July 7, 8, 9, 1936 | Toronto, Ontario | 40.6 °C (105 °F) |
June 25, 1988 | Windsor, Ontario | 40.3 °C (104.5 °F) |
July 6, 1921 | Ville-Marie (Témiscamingue, Quebec) | 40.0 °C (104 °F) |
August 18, 1935 | Nepisiguit Falls, New Brunswick | 39.4 °C (103 °F) |
July 18, 1941 | Fort Smith, Northwest Territories | 39.4 °C (103 °F) |
July 31, 1975 | Sudbury, Ontario | 38.3 °C (101 °F) |
August 19, 1935 | Collegeville, Nova Scotia | 38.3 °C (101 °F) |
July 30, 2009 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 34.4 °C (93.9 °F) |
Highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada
Date Recorded | Location | Temperature |
---|---|---|
July 5, 1937 | Midale, Saskatchewan | 45.0 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan | 45.0 °C |
July 11, 1936 | St. Albans, Manitoba | 44.4 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Emerson, Manitoba | 44.4 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 44.4 °C |
July 16, 1941 | Lillooet, British Columbia | 44.4 °C |
July 16, 1941 | Lytton, British Columbia | 44.4 °C |
July 17, 1941 | Lillooet, British Columbia | 44.4 °C |
July 17, 1941 | Lytton, British Columbia | 44.4 °C |
July 17, 1941 | Chinook Cove, British Columbia | 44.4 °C |
July 29, 1934 | Rock Creek, British Columbia | 43.9 °C |
July 5, 1936 | Midale, Saskatchewan | 43.9 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Emerson, Manitoba | 43.9 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Morden, Manitoba | 43.9 °C |
July 4, 1937 | Rosetown, Saskatchewan | 43.9 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 43.9 °C |
July 16, 1941 | Oliver, British Columbia | 43.9 °C |
June 23, 1900 | Cannington, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
June 25, 1919 | Dauphin, Manitoba | 43.3 °C |
July 31, 1926 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 24, 1927 | Greenwood, British Columbia | 43.3 °C |
July 25, 1931 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1936 | Estevan, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 7, 1936 | Emerson, Manitoba | 43.3 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Waskada, Manitoba | 43.3 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Virden, Manitoba | 43.3 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Brandon, Manitoba | 43.3 °C |
July 11, 1936 | Greenfell, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Grenfell, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Francis, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Estevan, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 5, 1937 | Carlyle, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 12, 1937 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 27, 1939 | Oliver, British Columbia | 43.3 °C |
July 17, 1941 | Oliver, British Columbia | 43.3 °C |
July 17, 1941 | Skagit River, British Columbia | 43.3 °C |
July 19, 1941 | Elbow, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 19, 1941 | Lumsden, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
August 6, 1949 | Rosetown, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
July 19, 1960 | Newgate, British Columbia | 43.3 °C |
August 5, 1961 | Maple Creek, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C |
Lowest temperature readings
The coldest place in Canada based on average yearly temperature is Eureka, Nunavut, where the temperature averages at -19.7C (-3.5F) for the year. However, the coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada was -63 °C (-81.4 F) in Snag, Yukon.
Date Recorded | Location | Temperature |
---|---|---|
Monday, February 3, 1947 | Snag, Yukon | −63.0 °C[1] |
Wednesday, January 11, 1911 | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −60.6 °C |
Sunday, January 5, 1975 | Old Crow, Yukon | −59.4 °C |
Friday, January 31, 1947 | Smith River, British Columbia | −58.9 °C |
Wednesday, January 23, 1935 | Iroquois Falls, Ontario | −58.3 °C |
Tuesday, February 13, 1973 | Shephard Bay, Nunavut | −57.8 °C |
Wednesday, December 26, 1917 | Fort Smith, Northwest Territories | −57.2 °C |
Wednesday, February 1, 1893 | Prince Albert, Saskatchewan | −56.7 °C |
Sunday, February 11, 1979 | Dawson City, Yukon | −55.8 °C |
Friday, February 9, 1934 | Iroquois Falls, Ontario | −55.6 °C |
Thursday, February 15, 1979 | Eureka, Nunavut | −55.3 °C [12] |
Monday, February 12, 1979 | Pond Inlet, Nunavut | −53.9 °C |
Monday, February 5, 1923 | Doucet, Quebec | −54.4 °C |
Monday, January 9, 1899 | Norway House, Manitoba | −52.8 °C |
Friday, January 7, 1966 | Resolute, Nunavut | −52.2 °C |
January 1947 | Whitehorse, Yukon | −52.1 °C |
Friday, January 31, 1947 | Yellowknife, Northwest Territories | −51.2 °C |
Saturday, February 17, 1973 | Esker 2, Newfoundland and Labrador | −51.1 °C |
Thursday, January 13, 1972 | High Level, Alberta | −50.6 °C [13] |
Thursday January 1, 1885 | Regina, Saskatchewan | −50.0 °C [14] |
Tuesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 21 1886 | Edmonton, Alberta | −49.4 °C [15] |
Saturday, February 17, 1973 | Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador | − 47.8 °C |
Wednesday, December 24, 1879 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | −47.8 °C |
Friday, January 29, 1996 | Jasper, Alberta | −43.8 °C |
Friday, February 10, 1967 | Iqaluit, Nunavut | −45.6 °C |
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 | Eureka Airport, Nunavut | −42.0 °C |
Saturday, January 31, 1920 | Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia | −41.1 °C |
Yearly Canadian temperature extremes
Year | Extreme maximum | Extreme minimum | ||
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Location | Temperature | Location | Temperature | |
2014 | Ashcroft, British Columbia | 41.7 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −50.4 °C |
2013 | Lytton, British Columbia | 40.5 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −51.5 °C |
2012 | Lytton, British Columbia | 40.3 °C | Old Crow, Yukon | −52.1 °C |
2011 | Grimsby, Ontario | 38.5 °C | Watson Lake, Yukon | −52.8 °C |
2010 | Ashcroft, British Columbia | 38.8 °C | Old Crow, Yukon | −47.6 °C |
2009 | Gold River, British Columbia | 41.5 °C | McQuesten, Yukon | −52.0 °C |
2008 | Lytton, British Columbia | 40.4 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −53.8 °C |
2007 | Woodrow, Saskatchewan | 43.0 °C | Ogilvie River, Yukon | −54.5 °C |
2006 | Lytton, British Columbia | 42.1 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −50.0 °C |
2005 | Oliver, British Columbia | 39.0 °C | Stewart Crossing and Burwash Landing, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
2004 | Lytton, British Columbia | 41.8 °C | Pelly Ranch and Ogilvie River, Yukon | −54.5 °C |
2003 | Elrose, Saskatchewan | 41.0 °C | La Grande 4, Quebec | −50.4 °C |
2002 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 42.0 °C | Elrose, Saskatchewan and Rae Lakes, Northwest Territories | −51.0 °C |
2001 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 41.7 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −51.2 °C |
2000 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 38.8 °C | Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories | −52.3 °C |
1999 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 39.0 °C | Ross River, Yukon | −57.0 °C |
1998 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 42.8 °C | Stewart Crossing, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
1997 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 39.6 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
1996 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 41.2 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
1995 | Smoky Falls, Ontario and Lake Cowichan, British Columbia | 40.0 °C | Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories | −54.6 °C |
1994 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 42.6 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −52.0 °C |
1993 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 37.5 °C | Old Crow, Yukon | −57.0 °C |
1992 | Osoyoos, British Columbia | 39.8 °C | Johnsons Crossing, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
1991 | Empress and Bindloss, Alberta | 39.8 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −54.0 °C |
1990 | Lytton, British Columbia | 40.2 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −57.0 °C |
1989 | Turtle Mountain, Manitoba | 40.5 °C | Ogilvie River, Yukon | −56.0 °C |
1988 | Starbuck, Manitoba | 41.5 °C | Shepherd Bay, Nunavut | −55.6 °C |
1987 | Boston Bar, British Columbia | 42.0 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −55.3 °C |
1986 | Boston Bar, British Columbia | 41.5 °C | Swift River, Yukon | −54.0 °C |
1985 | Lytton, British Columbia | 41.0 °C | Braeburn, Yukon | −54.0 °C |
1984 | Consul, Saskatchewan | 43.0 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
1983 | Midale, Saskatchewan | 41.5 °C | Stewart River, Yukon | −58.0 °C |
1982 | Boston Bar and Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 39.5 °C | Ross River, Yukon | −58.5 °C |
1981 | Boston Bar and Lytton, British Columbia | 41.5 °C | Ross River, Yukon | −53.0 °C |
1980 | Francis, Saskatchewan | 40.0 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −58.0 °C |
1979 | Kettle Valley, British Columbia | 41.5 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −58.5 °C |
1978 | Boston Bar, British Columbia | 41.5 °C | Fording River, British Columbia | −56.0 °C |
1977 | Salmo, British Columbia | 41.5 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −54.4 °C |
1976 | Waskada, Manitoba | 41.5 °C | Eagle River, Yukon | −53.9 °C |
1975 | Turbine, Ontario | 42.8 °C | Old Crow and Ross River, Yukon | −59.4 °C |
1974 | Kamloops, British Columbia | 41.1 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −56.7 °C |
1973 | Altawan, Alberta | 40.0 °C | Shepherd Bay, Nunavut | −57.8 °C |
1972 | Lillooet, British Columbia and Lumsden, Saskatchewan | 40.0 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −56.7 °C |
1971 | Lytton, British Columbia | 42.2 °C | Pelly Ranch and Mayo, Yukon | −58.3 °C |
1970 | Altawan, Alberta | 41.1 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −54.4 °C |
1969 | Willow Creek, Saskatchewan | 41.7 °C | Ross River, Yukon | −57.2 °C |
1968 | Boston Bar, British Columbia | 40.0 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −60.0 °C |
1967 | Lytton, British Columbia | 41.1 °C | Mould Bay, Northwest Territories | −53.9 °C |
1966 | Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan | 39.4 °C | Pelly Ranch and Carmacks, Yukon | −57.8 °C |
1965 | Ashcroft, British Columbia | 41.7 °C | Snag, Yukon | −57.2 °C |
1964 | Sturgeon Crossing, Saskatchewan | 41.7 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −56.2 °C |
1963 | East Poplar River, Willow Creek, and Cardross, Saskatchewan | 39.4 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −57.2 °C |
1962 | Lytton, British Columbia | 38.9 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −58.9 °C |
1961 | Maple Creek, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C | Pelly Ranch and Dawson City, Yukon | −54.4 °C |
1960 | Newgate, British Columbia | 43.3 °C | Shingle Point, Yukon, Eureka, Nunavut, and Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories | −51.2 °C |
1959 | Newgate, British Columbia | 41.1 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −57.8 °C |
1958 | Midale, Saskatchewan | 41.7 °C | Lake Hazen, Nunavut | −56.2 °C |
1957 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 38.9 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −54.4 °C |
1956 | Barriere & Lytton, British Columbia | 41.1 °C | Isachsen, Nunavut | −53.9 °C |
1955 | Ramsey, Ontario & Oliver, British Columbia | 39.4 °C | Pelly Ranch, Yukon | −55.6 °C |
1954 | Foremost, Alberta | 40.0 °C | Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan & Snag, Yukon | −52.2 °C |
1953 | Willow Creek, Saskatchewan | 42.2 °C | Elmworth, Alberta | −53.3 °C |
1952 | Midale, Saskatchewan | 40.6 °C | Snag, Yukon | −60.9 °C |
1951 | St Albans, Manitoba & Port Alberni, British Columbia | 40.6 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories & Isachsen, Nunavut | −52.8 °C |
1950 | Lytton & Port Alberni, British Columbia | 38.3 °C | Snag, Yukon | −55.6 °C |
1949 | Rosetown, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C | Snag, Yukon | −56.2 °C |
1948 | Pennant, Saskatchewan | 41.7 °C | Snag & Mayo, Yukon | −56.2 °C |
1947 | Semans, Saskatchewan | 40.0 °C | Snag, Yukon | −63.0 °C |
1946 | Beechy, Saskatchewan | 42.8 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −57.2°C |
1945 | Waneta, British Columbia & Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 41.1 °C | St. Walburg, Saskatchewan | −50 °C |
1944 | Skagit River, British Columbia & Kimberley, British Columbia | 42.2 °C | Passe Dangereuse Dam, Quebec | −50.0 °C |
1943 | Rosetown, Saskatchewan | 40.0 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −55.0 °C |
1942 | Cumberland, British Columbia | 43.9 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −53.3 °C |
1941 | Lytton, British Columbia, Lillooet, British Columbia& Barriere, British Columbia | 44.4 °C | Watson Lake, Yukon | −51.7 °C |
1940 | Grand Forks, British Columbia | 42.2 °C | Watson Lake, Yukon | −50.6 °C |
1939 | Oliver, British Columbia | 43.3 °C | Elmworth, Alberta | −52.2 °C |
1938 | Barriere, British Columbia | 42.8 °C | Watson Lake, Yukon | −52.2 °C |
1937 | Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan & Midale, Saskatchewan | 45.0 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −52.2 °C |
1936 | St Albans, Manitoba & Emerson, Manitoba | 44.4 °C | Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories | −59.4 °C |
1935 | Lillooet, British Columbia | 41.1 °C | Iroquois Falls, Ontario | −58.3 °C |
1934 | Rock Creek, British Columbia | 43.9 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −57.8 °C |
1933 | Leader, Saskatchewan, Outlook, Saskatchewan, Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Pennant, Saskatchewan, and Lumsden, Saskatchewan | 41.1 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −57.8 °C |
1932 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 41.1 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −53.9 °C |
1931 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Aneroid, Saskatchewan, and Bassano Dam, Alberta | 43.3 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −49.4 °C |
1930 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 41.1 °C | Witchekan, Saskatchewan | −53.9 °C |
1929 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, and Greenwood, British Columbia | 42.2 °C | Rocky Mountain House, Alberta | −53.3 °C |
1928 | Lillooet, British Columbia and Greenwood, British Columbia | 41.7 °C | Doucet, Quebec | −49.4 °C |
1927 | Greenwood, British Columbia | 43.3 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −51.7 °C |
1926 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C | Doucet, Quebec | −48.9 °C |
1925 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 41.1 °C | Mayo, Yukon | −57.2 °C |
1924 | Waneta, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia | 42.8 °C | Springdale, Alberta | −54.4 °C |
1923 | Newgate, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia | 38.9 °C | Doucet, Quebec | −54.4 °C |
1922 | St Albans, Manitoba and Grand Forks, British Columbia | 40 °C | Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories | −52.8 °C |
1921 | St Albans, Manitoba, Bassano Dam, Alberta, and Veaxhall, Alberta | 40.6 °C | Kamsack, Saskatchewan | −49.4 °C |
1920 | Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan | 41.1 °C | Stry, Alberta | −52.2 °C |
1919 | Dauphin, Manitoba | 43.3 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −53.9 °C |
1918 | Lillooet, British Columbia, London, Ontario, and Chatham, Ontario | 41.1 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −54.4 °C |
1917 | Jenner, Alberta | 42.2 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta and Fort Smith, Northwest Territories | −57.2 °C |
1916 | Iroquois Falls, Ontario | 41.1 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −55.6 °C |
1915 | Jenner, Alberta | 40 °C | Fort Smith, Northwest Territories | −49.4 °C |
1914 | St Albans, Manitoba | 41.7 °C | Amos, Quebec | −52.8 °C |
1913 | Ashcroft, British Columbia and Fort Frances, Ontario | 38.9 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −54.4 °C |
1912 | St Albans, Manitoba | 40 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −52.2 °C |
1911 | Scarborough, Ontario and Grimsby, Ontario | 40.6 °C | Fort Vermilion, Alberta | −60.3 °C |
1910 | St Albans, Manitoba and Moosehorn, Manitoba | 41.7 °C | Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories | −55 °C |
1909 | Cannington, Saskatchewan | 40 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −53.9 °C |
1908 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 42.2 °C | Fort Chipewyan, Alberta and Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories | −48.3 °C |
1907 | Kitimat, British Columbia | 41.1 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −50.6 °C |
1906 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 42.2 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −40.6 °C |
1905 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 40.6 °C | Gleichen, Alberta and Kneehill, Alberta | −47.2 °C |
1904 | Enderby, British Columbia | 39.4 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −50 °C |
1903 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 38.9 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −51.7 °C |
1902 | Spences Bridge, British Columbia | 38.3 °C | Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories | −46.7 °C |
1901 | St Albans, Manitoba | 38.9 °C | Dawson, Yukon | −55.6 °C |
1900 | Cannington, Saskatchewan | 43.3 °C | Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories | −51.7 °C |
Occurrences by province
Province | Extreme maximum occurrences | Extreme minimum occurrences |
---|---|---|
Alberta | 8 | 14 |
British Columbia | 66 | 1 |
Manitoba | 12 | 0 |
Northwest Territories | 0 | 20 |
Nunavut | 0 | 10 |
Ontario | 8 | 1 |
Quebec | 0 | 6 |
Saskatchewan | 32 | 5 |
Yukon | 0 | 65 |
Extreme maximum occurrences by town
City | Province | Occurrences |
---|---|---|
Lytton | BC | 14 |
Spences Bridge | BC | 8 |
Osoyoos | BC | 8 |
Fort Qu'Appelle | SK | 8 |
St Albans | MB | 8 |
Boston Bar | BC | 6 |
Lillooet | BC | 5 |
Midale | SK | 4 |
Ashcroft | BC | 4 |
Extreme minimum occurrences by town
City | Province | Occurrences |
---|---|---|
Pelly Ranch | YT | 19 |
Mayo | YT | 10 |
Dawson | YT | 8 |
Fort Good Hope | NT | 8 |
Snag | YT | 7 |
Fort Vermilion | AB | 7 |
Ross River | YT | 5 |
Eureka | NU | 5 |
Watson Lake | YT | 4 |
Old Crow | YT | 4 |
Yearly Canadian Average Mean Temperatures
Year | Extreme maximum | Extreme minimum | ||
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Location | Temperature | Location | Temperature | |
2014 | Qualicum Beach, British Columbia (Sisters Island) | 11.9 °C | Resolute, Nunavut | −15.7 °C |
2013 | Qualicum Beach, British Columbia | 11.3 °C | Resolute, Nunavut | −15.6 °C |
2012 | Windsor, Ontario | 12.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.5 °C |
2011 | Windsor, Ontario | 10.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.3 °C |
2010 | Windsor, Ontario | 11.4 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −15.9 °C |
2009 | Chemainus, British Columbia | 10.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.7 °C |
2008 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia (Merry Island Lighthouse) | 10.7 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.1 °C |
2007 | Saturna Island, British Columbia | 11.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −16.7 °C |
2006 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 11.5 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −16.7 °C |
2005 | Saturna Island, British Columbia | 12.5 °C | Isachsen, Nunavut | −17.5 °C |
2004 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 11.9 °C | Alert, Nunavut | −19.4 °C |
2003 | Victoria, British Columbia | 11.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.6 °C |
2002 | Windsor, Ontario | 11.13 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.6 °C |
2001 | Saturna Island, British Columbia | 11.9 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.7 °C |
2000 | Victoria, British Columbia | 11.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.0 °C |
1999 | Windsor, Ontario | 11.3 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.7 °C |
1998 | Windsor, Ontario | 12.5 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.0 °C |
1997 | Victoria, British Columbia | 11.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.2 °C |
1996 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 10.9 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.7 °C |
1995 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 12.1 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.2 °C |
1994 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 12.1°C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.0 °C |
1993 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 11.5 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.8 °C |
1992 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 12.4 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.5 °C |
1991 | Agassiz, British Columbia | 11.3 °C | Mould Bay, Northwest Territories | −17.7 °C |
1990 | Pelee Island, Ontario | 11.1 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.4 °C |
1989 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 11.0 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.6 °C |
1988 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 10.9 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.3 °C |
1987 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 11.9 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −21.2 °C |
1986 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 11.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.8 °C |
1985 | Windsor, Ontario | 10.4 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.0 °C |
1984 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.4 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −21.3 °C |
1983 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 11.0 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.3 °C |
1982 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.5 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.4 °C |
1981 | Powell River, British Columbia | 11.0 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −17.6 °C |
1980 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.9 °C |
1979 | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia | 11.0 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −21.5 °C |
1978 | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia | 10.7 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.3 °C |
1977 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 10.4 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.8 °C |
1976 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 10.3 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.6 °C |
1975 | Pelee Island, Ontario | 10.3 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.5 °C |
1974 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 10.7 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −21.3 °C |
1973 | Pelee Island, Ontario | 11.5 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.0 °C |
1972 | Surrey, British Columbia | 10.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −21.8 °C |
1971 | Windsor, Ontario | 10.3 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.0 °C |
1970 | Surrey, British Columbia | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.2 °C |
1969 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.5 °C |
1968 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.8 °C |
1967 | Lytton, British Columbia | 11.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.5 °C |
1966 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.2 °C |
1965 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 10.9 °C | Isachsen, Nunavut | −18.8 °C |
1964 | Saltspring Island, British Columbia | 10.1 °C | Isachsen, Nunavut | −20.5 °C |
1963 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 11.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.3 °C |
1962 | Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia | 10.7 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.3 °C |
1961 | Chilliwack, British Columbia | 11.3 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.4 °C |
1960 | Victoria, British Columbia | 10.8 °C | Isachsen, Nunavut | −18.3 °C |
1959 | Victoria, British Columbia | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.6 °C |
1958 | Victoria, British Columbia | 12.1 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.0 °C |
1957 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | 11.0 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.9 °C |
1956 | Duncan, British Columbia | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −20.2 °C |
1955 | Chatham, Ontario | 10.8 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.3 °C |
1954 | Chatham, Ontario | 10.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.6 °C |
1953 | Lytton, British Columbia | 11.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.4 °C |
1952 | Chatham, Ontario | 10.6 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −18.4 °C |
1951 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | 11.1 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.4 °C |
1950 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | 10.2 °C | Isachsen, Nunavut | −19.8 °C |
1949 | Chatham, Ontario | 11.2 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.6 °C |
1948 | Nanaimo, British Columbia | 10.4 °C | Eureka, Nunavut | −19.9 °C |
Occurrences by province
Province | Extreme maximum occurrences | Extreme minimum occurrences |
---|---|---|
British Columbia | 52 | 0 |
Northwest Territories | 0 | 1 |
Nunavut | 0 | 66 |
Ontario | 15 | 0 |
Extreme maximum occurrences by town
City | Province | Occurrences |
---|---|---|
Halfmoon Bay | BC | 11 |
Vancouver | BC | 8 |
Windsor | ON | 8 |
Chilliwack | BC | 7 |
Victoria | BC | 6 |
Nanaimo | BC | 4 |
Chatham | ON | 4 |
Pelee | ON | 3 |
Saturna Island | BC | 3 |
Qualicum Beach | BC | 2 |
Lytton | BC | 2 |
Port Coquitlam | BC | 2 |
Extreme minimum occurrences by town
City | Province | Occurrences |
---|---|---|
Eureka | NU | 58 |
Isachsen | NU | 5 |
Resolute | NU | 2 |
Alert | NU | 1 |
Mould Bay | NT | 1 |
References
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- ↑ "Daily Observation Data: St Albans Manitoba". Canada's National Climate Archive. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ↑ "Daily Data". Climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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- ↑ "Daily Observation Data: Bassano Dam Alberta". Canada's National Climate Archive. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
- ↑ "Daily Data". Climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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- ↑ "Daily Data". Climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
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- ↑ http://forums.castanet.net/download/file.php?id=13211&mode=view
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- ↑ Geert Jan van Oldenborgh @ KNMI
- ↑ "Climate Data Almanac for January 13". Environment Canada. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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- ↑ "Almanac Averages and Extremes". Climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca. 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2014-01-06.
- 3. Book of Lists, Scholastic Canada, 2005, Pages 80 and 81
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