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Province Extreme Rainfall Location Maximum Daily Rainfall (mm) Date British Columbia Ucluelet 489 1967-10 Yukon Quiet Lake 91 1972-7 Alberta Eckville
August 7–8, 1988: Tropical Storm Alberto, the furthest north forming tropical storm ever recorded in the Atlantic, struck the Canadian Maritimes and became extratropical over Newfoundland. Alberto was the first storm with a masculine name to directly strike Canada.
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
Humans have been present in the Canadian Maritime provinces for 10,600 years. In spite of being the first part of Canada to be settled by Europeans, research into the prehistory of the Maritimes did not become extensive until 1969. By the early 1980s, several full-time archaeologists focused on the region. [1]
In December 2011, the Society changed its name to Naval Marine Archive: The Canadian Collection by supplementary letters patent. [ 1 ] The society specializes in maritime heritage and history - steam and sail , naval , merchant and yachting , mostly Canada / US and Europe , mostly 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Victoria, BC is the only major Canadian city entirely in a warm-summer mediterranean climate. Of the eight largest Canadian cities, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto have the warmest summers, Winnipeg the coldest winters, while Vancouver's winters are far milder than any other large city in Canada.
Nova Scotia lies in the mid-temperate zone, and although the province is almost surrounded by water, the climate is closer to continental climate rather than maritime climate. The temperature extremes of the continental climate are moderated by the ocean. Nova Scotia has frequent coastal fog and marked changeability of weather from day to day.
November gale is the formally accepted name of the weather phenomenon. "Witch of November" and its variations are historical maritime and meteorological slang. [7] Derivative names include "Witch Storm", "November Witch", and "Witch gale". November is known in the Great Lakes region as the "month of storms". [8]