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weather Weather is the state of the atmosphere, describing for example the degree to which it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloud cover, cloudy. On Earth, most weather phenomena occur in the lowest layer of the planet's atmo ...

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Record !! Extreme !! Location !! Date , - , Highest Temperature , , {{convert, {{convert, 49.6, °C, °F, abbr=on , ,

Lytton, British Columbia Lytton is a village of about 250 residents in southern British Columbia, Canada, on the east side of the Fraser River and primarily the south side of the Thompson River, where it flows southwesterly into the Fraser. The community includes the ...

, , June 29, 2021 , - , Lowest Temperature , , {{convert, -63.0, °C, °F, abbr=on{{cite web, url = http://www.ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=en&n=6a4a3ac5-1#1921-1940 , title = Top Weather Events of the 20th Century , publisher =

Environment Canada Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC; )Environment and Climate Change Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of the Environment (). is the Ministry (government department), department ...

, date = May 2010, accessdate = January 26, 2013 , , Snag,

Yukon Yukon () is a Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada, bordering British Columbia to the south, the Northwest Territories to the east, the Beaufort Sea to the north, and the U.S. state of Alaska to the west. It is Canada’s we ...

, , February 3, 1947 , - , Greatest Rainfall (in 24 hours) , , {{convert, 489.2, mm, in, abbr=on , ,

Ucluelet Ucluelet (; colloquially known as Ukee) is a district municipality on the Ucluelet Peninsula, on the west coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Ucluelet comes from ''Yuułuʔił'' which means "people of the safe harbour" in the ...

Brynnor Mines,

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

, , October 6, 1967 , - , Greatest Snowfall in one season* , , {{convert, 2,446.5, cm, in , ,

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 (aka Wildgoose Creek) and Copeland Ridge, of which it is the summit, for Ralph Copelan ...

, , 1971–1972 , - , Greatest Snowfall in one day, , {{convert, 145, cm, in, abbr=on , , Tahtsa Lake,

, , Feb 11, 1999 , -127.4 , Highest

Humidex The humidex (short for humidity index) 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 term ''humidex'' was coined in 1965. The humid ...

reading , , 52.6 C (126.7 F) , ,

Carman, Manitoba Carman is a small agricultural town of about 3,000 people in the Pembina Valley Region of southern Manitoba, Canada. Carman is at the junction of Highways 3 and 13, 40 minutes southwest of Winnipeg. It is surrounded by the Rural Municipality ...

, , July 25, 2007 , - , Lowest

Wind chill Wind chill (popularly wind chill factor) is the sensation of cold produced by the wind for a given ambient air temperature on exposed skin as the air motion accelerates the rate of heat transfer from the body to the surrounding atmosphere. Its va ...

reading , , -78.9 C (-110 F) , Kugaaruk, Nunavut , , January 13, 1975 , - , Hottest Month (Ave. Max.), , {{convert, 35.8, °C, °F, abbr=on , , Nashlyn, Saskatchewan , , July 1936 , - , Coldest Month (Ave. Min.), , {{convert, -50.1, C, 1{{cite web , url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/cold-places-in-canada , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209004945/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/cold-places-in-canada , url-status=dead , archive-date=February 9, 2012 , title=Cold Places in Canada , publisher=

The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; ) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with financial support by the federal Department of Canadian Heritage and Society of Com ...

, accessdate=April 11, 2013 , ,

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 third-northe ...

, , February 1979 , - , Greatest precipitation in one year , , {{convert, 9,479, mm, in, abbr=on{{cite web , url=http://canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/themes.aspx?id=weather&sub=weather_phenomena_records&lang=En , title=Extremes of Weather: Weather Records , publisher= The Canadian Atlas , accessdate=April 11, 2013 , ,

Hucuktlis Lake Hucuktlis Lake (pronounced "who chook-tlis"), also known as Henderson Lake, is a lake on Vancouver Island that drains south into head of Uchucklesaht Inlet on the north side of lower Alberni Inlet. Etymology Hucuktlis means "place way inside", ...

, , 1997 , - , Least precipitation in one year , , {{convert, 19.9, mm, in, abbr=on , , Rea Point, Nunavut , , 1978 , - , Heaviest hailstone , , {{Convert, 292.71, g, lb, abbr=on, sigfig=2, ,

Markerville, Alberta Markerville is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Red Deer County. It is located north of Highway 54, approximately southwest of Red Deer. Markerville was the home for many years of Stephan G. Stephansson, famous in modern Icelandic ...

, , August 1, 2022 , - , Strongest

tornado A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the surface of Earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. It is often referred to as a twister, whirlwind or cyclone, although the ...

, , F5 {{convert, 420 – 510, km/h, mph, abbr=on , ,

Elie, Manitoba Elie is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Cartier in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Geography The community is located approximately west of Winnipeg along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

, , June 22, 2007 , - , Greatest same-day temperature change, , +43°C (+77.4°F) , ,

Tatla Lake, British Columbia Tatla Lake is a small unincorporated community in the west Chilcotin area of British Columbia, Canada, located at the west end of its eponymous lake. Situated 220 km west of Williams Lake along Highway 20 (Chilcotin Highway), Tatla Lake's ...

, , January 5, 1982 , - , Greatest one-day change in daily maximum temperature, , -40.5°C (-72.9°F) , , Ghost, Alberta , , January 31-February 1, 1989 , - *A snowfall season is the amount of snow that falls between July 1 and June 30, spanning over the winter period.

Provincial extremes

{, class="wikitable sortable" border="1" , - ! Province ! Driest Place ! Average Annual Precipitation (mm) , - , {{flag, British Columbia ,

Ashcroft Ashcroft may refer to: Places * Ashcroft, British Columbia, a village in Canada **Ashcroft House in Bagpath, Gloucestershire, England—eponym of the Canadian village * Ashcroft, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Ashcroft, Colorado, ...

, 208 , - , {{flag, Yukon , Komakuk Beach , 161 , - , {{flag, Alberta ,

Empress The word ''emperor'' (from , via ) can mean the male ruler of an empire. ''Empress'', the female equivalent, may indicate an emperor's wife (empress consort), mother/grandmother (empress dowager/grand empress dowager), or a woman who rules ...

, 291 , - , {{flag, Northwest Territories , Mould Bay , 111 , - , {{flag, Saskatchewan ,

Alsask Alsask is a special service area in the Rural Municipality of Milton No. 292, in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Alsask is located west of the town of Kindersley. Highway 44 runs to the east of Alsask, and Highway 7 lies a few kilomet ...

, 299 , - , {{flag, Nunavut ,

Eureka Eureka often refers to: * Eureka (word), a famous exclamation attributed to Archimedes * Eureka effect, the sudden, unexpected realization of the solution to a problem Eureka or Ureka may also refer to: History * Eureka Rebellion, an 1854 g ...

, 76 , - , {{flag, Manitoba , Churchill , 432 , - , {{flag, Ontario ,

Big Trout Lake Big Trout Lake is a large lake in Northern Ontario. The Fawn River fills it from the west and drains it from the east. The reserve of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, also known as Big Trout Lake, is on Post Island near the norther ...

, 609 , - , {{flag, Quebec ,

Inukjuak Inukjuak (, ''Inujjuaq'' or ''Inukjuaq'' in Latin script, meaning 'The Giant') is a northern village (Inuit community) located on Hudson Bay at the mouth of the in Nunavik, in the region of northern Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,821 as ...

, 460 , - , {{flag, New Brunswick ,

Belledune Belledune is a port village in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. It has a population of 1,325, and straddles the boundary between Restigouche County and Gloucester County, New Brunswick. The community of Belledune was created through t ...

, 970 , - , {{flag, Nova Scotia , Pugwash , 1038.2 {{cite web , url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=NS&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=6447&dispBack=0 , title=Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 Station Data - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada , date=25 September 2013 , - , {{flag, Prince Edward Island , Long River , 1046 , - , {{flag, Newfoundland and Labrador ,

Wabush Wabush is a small town in the western tip of Labrador, bordering Quebec, known for transportation and iron ore operations. Economy Wabush is the twin community of Labrador City. At its peak population in the late 1970s, the region had a populati ...

, 852 {, class="wikitable sortable" border="1" , - ! Province ! Extreme Rainfall Location ! Maximum Daily Rainfall (mm) ! Date , - , British Columbia , Ucluelet , 489 , 1967-10 , - , Yukon , Quiet Lake , 91 , 1972-7 , - , Alberta , Eckville , 213 , 1970-6 , - , Northwest Territories , Fort Liard , 100 , 1986-7 , - , Saskatchewan , Cypress Hill , 193 , 1998-6 , - , Nunavut , Coral Harbour , 128 , 1973-10 , - , Manitoba , Rivers , 239 , 2020-6 , - , Ontario , Harrow , 264 , 1989-7 , - , Quebec , Barrage des Quinze , 172 , 1932-8 , - , New Brunswick , Alma , 179 , 1962-5 , - , Nova Scotia , HRM , >250 , 2023-7 , - , Prince Edward Island , Charlottetown , 164 , 1942-9 , - , Newfoundland & Labrador , Red Harbour , 199 , 2005-3

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Weather events in Canada

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