Canada Weather Extremes
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This table shows record weather
extremes in Canada
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* A snowfall season runs from July 1-June 30
** Data range is from 1996 to 2009 only
Weather
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extremes in Canada
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| Record | Extreme | Location | Date |
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| Highest Temperature | 45.0°C (113.0°F) | Midale Midale, Saskatchewan -Area statistics:*Lat 49° 24' 00" N*Long 103° 24' 00" W*Dominion Land Survey 22-5-11-W2*Time zone UTC-6-Climate:-Location:-See also:* List of weather records* Highway 702... and Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan Yellow Grass is a town in southern Saskatchewan, Canada at . It is located 30 km northwest of Weyburn, at the junction of provincial highways 39 and 621. The town is located on the Canadian Pacific Railway Soo Line... |
July 5, 1937 |
| Lowest Temperature | -63.0°C (-81.4°F) | Snag Snag, Yukon Snag is a village located on a small, dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway south of Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada. The village of Snag is located in a bowl-shaped valley of the White River and its tributaries, including Snag Creek. It was first settled during the Klondike Gold Rush. An... , Yukon Yukon Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in.... |
February 3, 1947 |
| Greatest Rainfall (in 24 hours) | 49 cm (19 in.) | Ucluelet Brynnor Mines, British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
October 6, 1967 |
| Greatest Snowfall in one season* | 2,446.5 cm/964 in. | Mount Copeland Mount Copeland Mount Copeland is a summit in the Monashee Mountains to the northwest of Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada. It was named in 1939, along with Copeland Creek and Copeland Ridge, of which it is the summit, for Ralph Copeland , an English astronomer and the third Astronomer Royal for... , British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
1971–1972 |
| Highest Humidex Humidex The humidex is an index number used by Canadian meteorologists to describe how hot the weather feels to the average person, by combining the effect of heat and humidity. The humidex is a unit-less number based on the dew point, but it is equivalent to dry temperature in degrees Celsius... reading |
53 (127.4) | Carman, Manitoba Carman, Manitoba Carman is a small Agricultural town of about 2,900 people that lies in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba. Carman is located at the junction of Highways 3 and 13, just 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg . It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Dufferin... |
July 25, 2007 |
| Hottest Month Ave. Max. |
34.0°C (93.2°F) | Osoyoos, British Columbia Osoyoos, British Columbia Osoyoos is a town in the southern part of the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia near the border with Washington state. The town is also adjacent to the Indian Reserve of the Osoyoos Indian Band. The origin of the name Osoyoos was the word suius meaning "narrowing of the waters" in the local... |
July 1998 |
| Coldest Month Ave. | -47.9°C (-54.22°F) | Eureka, Nunavut Eureka, Nunavut Eureka is a small research base on Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is located on the north side of Slidre Fiord, which enters Eureka Sound farther west. It is the second-northernmost permanent research community in the world. The... |
February 1979 |
| Greatest Precipitation in one year | 9,479 mm/373.19 in. | Henderson Lake, British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858... |
1997 |
| Heaviest hailstone | 290 g/0.64 lb | Cedoux, Saskatchewan Cedoux, Saskatchewan Cedoux is a small hamlet located in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located near provincial highway 35, about 91 kilometres southeast from Regina, 49 km north of Weyburn.- Hailstones :... |
August 27, 1973 |