This table shows record weather extremes in Canada.
Record | Extreme | Location | Date |
Highest Temperature | 49.6 °C (121.3 °F)[1] | Lytton, British Columbia | June 29, 2021 |
Lowest Temperature | −63.0 °C (−81.4 °F)[2][3] | Snag, Yukon | February 3, 1947 |
Greatest Rainfall (in 24 hours) | 489.2 mm (19.26 in)[2] | Ucluelet Brynnor Mines, British Columbia | October 6, 1967 |
Greatest Snowfall in one season* | 2,446.5 centimetres (963.2 in)[4] | Mount Copeland, British Columbia | 1971–1972 |
Greatest Snowfall in one day | 145 cm (57 in)[5] | Tahtsa Lake, British Columbia | Feb 11, 1999 |
Highest Humidex reading | 52.6 C (126.7 F)[6] | Carman, Manitoba | July 25, 2007 |
Lowest Wind chill reading | -78.9 C (-110 F)[7][8] | Kugaaruk, Nunavut | January 13, 1975 |
Hottest Month (Ave. Max.) | 35.8 °C (96.4 °F)[9] | Nashlyn, Saskatchewan | July 1936 |
Coldest Month (Ave. Min.) | −50.1 °C (−58.2 °F)[10] | Eureka, Nunavut | February 1979 |
Greatest precipitation in one year | 9,479 mm (373.2 in)[11] | Hucuktlis Lake, British Columbia | 1997 |
Least precipitation in one year | 19.9 mm (0.78 in)[12] | Rea Point, Nunavut | 1978 |
Heaviest hailstone | 292.71 g (0.65 lb)[13] | Markerville, Alberta | August 1, 2022 |
Strongest tornado | F5[14] 420–510 km/h (260–320 mph) | Elie, Manitoba | June 22, 2007 |
*A snowfall season is the amount of snow that falls between July 1 and June 30, spanning over the winter period.
Provincial extremes
[edit] 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 |