List of extreme temperatures in Canada

The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures recorded in Canada.

Highest temperature readings (selected locations)

Highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada

[25][26]

Lowest temperature readings

The coldest place in Canada based on average yearly temperature is Eureka, Nunavut, where the temperature averages at −19.7 °C or −3.5 °F for the year.

Yearly Canadian temperature extremes

  • Note that minimum extremes are for the entire winter season ending in the year listed.

Occurrences by province

Extreme maximum occurrences by community

Extreme minimum occurrences by town

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Yearly Canadian average mean temperatures

Occurrences by province

Extreme warmest year occurrences by location

Extreme coldest year occurrences by location

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Recorded by Father Houssais on December 31, 1910, it was called into question as a reading error by him 11 days later[7][35]

References

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  7. 1 2 "The Canadian Encyclopedia". Archived from the original on November 13, 2006.
  8. ↑ "Canada weather: Dozens dead as heatwave shatters records". BBC News. June 30, 2021. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
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  11. 1 2 Weather records Statistics Canada. Accessed February 10, 2009. Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "Daily Observation Data: St Albans Manitoba". Canada's National Climate Archive. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
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  19. ↑ "Highest Temperatures in Hamilton History".
  20. ↑ "Intense heat backs off a bit in Ontario but temperatures remain high".
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  26. ↑ "Historical Data". Environment Canada. October 31, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Historical Data - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada".
  28. ↑ "Daily Data Report for January 1911". Government of Canada. June 1, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  29. ↑ "Canada's coldest day ever: Snag, Yukon, hit -63 °C in 1947 — without wind chill". National Post. January 25, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  30. ↑ "None". Retrieved July 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  31. ↑ "Climate Data Almanac for January 13". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  32. ↑ "Climate Data Almanac for January 01". Environment Canada. Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
  33. ↑ "Almanac Averages and Extremes". Climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca. November 12, 2013. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  34. ↑ Canada, Environment and Climate Change (October 31, 2011). "Monthly Climate Summaries - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada". climate.weather.gc.ca.
  35. Cooke, Alan. "A Compendium of Errors: A Note on the Lowest Official Temperature for North America, 1910-1947". p. 247. Archived from the original on December 19, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
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