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Canada's annual average temperature over land warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F) between 1948 and 2016. The rate of warming is highest in Canada's north , the Prairies , and northern British Columbia . The country's precipitation has increased in recent years and wildfires expanded from seasonal events to year-round threats.
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.
This is a list of countries and sovereign states by temperature. Average yearly temperature is calculated by averaging the minimum and maximum daily temperatures in the country, averaged for the years 1991 – 2020, from World Bank Group , derived from raw gridded climatologies from the Climatic Research Unit .
Highest Average Lowest Average Location Temperature Location Temperature 2024 Windsor, Ontario: 12.75 °C (55 °F) Eureka, Nunavut: −15.19 °C (5 °F) 2023 Qualicum Beach, British Columbia (Sisters Island) 12.3 °C (54 °F) Eureka, Nunavut: −17.1 °C (1 °F) 2022 Qualicum Beach, British Columbia (Sisters Island) 11.7 °C (53 °F)
Climate data for Calgary (Calgary International Airport) WMO ID: 71877; coordinates ; elevation: 1,084.1 m (3,557 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1881–present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
The cold weather began in earnest on December 10, with temperatures in Braemar, Aberdeenshire reaching a low of −4.9 °C on the 10th, −7 °C on the 11th, and −8.9 °C on the 12th. This was the beginning of the "Big Freeze".
A hailstorm that struck Calgary on September 7, 1991, was one of the most destructive natural disasters in Canadian history, with over $400 million in damage. [182] Being west of the dry line on most occasions, tornadoes are rare in the region. The highest temperature ever recorded in Calgary was 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) on August 10, 2018. [183]
The temperature on land rose by 1.59 °C while over the ocean it rose by 0.88 °C. [3] In 2020 the temperature was 1.2 °C above the pre-industrial era. [4] In September 2023 the temperature was 1.75 °C above pre-industrial level and during the entire year of 2023 is expected to be 1.4 °C above it. [5]