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The number of climate change–related events, such as the 2021 British Columbia Floods and an increasing number of forest fires, has become an increasing concern over time. [56] Canada's annual average temperature over land warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F) between 1948 and 2016.
This map depicts observed time zones and observed time zone boundaries, some of which differ from those defined by provincial and territorial legislation. In areas with no road network and no inhabitants, the map falls back to using legislated time zone boundaries. The winter and summer time zone abbreviations shown on the map are consistent ...
Province or Territory Record high temperature Date Place(s) Record low temperature Date Place(s) Alberta: 44.0 °C (111 °F) [1] August 3, 1984: Altawan
This is a list of cities by average temperature (monthly and yearly). The temperatures listed are averages of the daily highs and lows. Thus, the actual daytime temperature in a given month may be considerably higher than the temperature listed here, depending on how large the difference between daily highs and lows is.
Lastly, for Kentville, the highest temperature recorded was 37.8 °C in August, 1944, [12] and the coldest temperature was -31.1 °C on February 19. [13] Making Kentville one of the hottest towns in the summer. The annual temperatures are: Spring from 1 °C (34 °F) to 17 °C (63 °F) Summer from 14 °C (57 °F) to 25 °C (77 °F) [14]
The National Research Council (NRC) maintains Canada's official time through the use of atomic clocks. [3] The official time is specified in legislation passed by the individual provinces. In Quebec it is based on coordinated universal time. [4] The other provinces use mean solar time.
Temperatures are also affected by the wind chill factor; Calgary's average wind speed is 14.2 km/h (8.8 mph), one of the highest in Canadian cities. [7] In the summer, daytime temperatures range from 10 to 25 °C (50 to 77 °F) and exceed 30 °C (86 °F) for an average of 5.1 days in June, July, and August, and occasionally as late as September ...
Annual average temperatures in Canada increased by 1.7 °C between 1948 and 2016. These weather changes have not been uniform across regions. British Columbia, the Prairie provinces and Northern Canada experienced warming the most, with an annual increase of 2.3 °C for northern Canada. Meanwhile, some Maritime areas of southeast Canada ...