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Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F), with changes ranging from 1.1 to 2.3 °C (2.0 to 4.1 °F) in various regions, since 1948. [4] The rate of warming has been higher across the North and in the Prairies. [ 4 ]
Province or Territory Record high temperature Date Place(s) Record low temperature Date Place(s) Alberta: 43.3 °C (110 °F) [1] July 21, 1931: Bassano Dam
For Sydney, the highest temperature ever recorded was 36.7 °C (98 °F) on August 18, 1935, [9] and the lowest was −31.7 °C (−25 °F) on January 31, 1873, [10] and January 29, 1877. [11] 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]
On July 21, 2011, hot weather over the past week culminated into record-breaking temperatures across the province of Ontario, also in Michigan, Ohio, upstate New York and Quebec, shattering long held records. Toronto reached 100 °F (38 °C) with a perceived humidex reading of 124 °F (51 °C) [3]
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 ...
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
Records show that this is the earliest temperatures over 25 °C have been reached here, beating the old record by more than 3 weeks. April 20: 94.6 mm rain fell in Windsor, Ontario, well above the total average precipitation for the whole month of April (74.9 mm).
Further south, on June 19, 20 and 21, Toronto experienced its first official early season heat wave (In Canada, a heat wave is defined as three or more consecutive days with temperatures at or above 32 °C (89.6 °F)), with temperatures ranging between 33.4 °C (92.1 °F) and 34.5 °C (94.1 °F) and the minimum temperature on June 20 not ...