Records for Canada
These are current rankings among the stations reporting to us, not records. They change through the day. This is the most extreme figure we have observed since we started storing readings, not an official record.
Canada, answered from the data
Where is the hottest place in Canada right now?
Lunenburg, at 13.3°C. That is the highest reading today among the 1,139 stations we track in Canada, not a claim about every place in the country.
Our own observations, today
Where is the coldest place in Canada right now?
Isachsen Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation System, at −28.4°C, the lowest reading today among the stations we track in Canada.
Our own observations, today
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada?
49.6°C at LYTTON RCS, BC, on 29 June 2021. That is the highest in the 1,114 station archives we hold for Canada. It is not an official national record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Canada?
−62.2°C at Mayo Arpt, on 3 February 1947, the lowest in the archives we hold for Canada. The same caveat applies: it is the deepest figure in our archives rather than a certified national record.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
How many weather stations report from Canada?
1,139, of which 1,114 carry a historical archive. Every figure on this page is drawn from those stations, so it describes what the network saw rather than the whole country.
Our station register
Stations
- Abbotsford IntlCYXX · 54 m
- Abbotsford, B. C.CYXX · 54 m
- AgassizCWZA · 18 m
- Agassiz Automated Reporting StationCWZA · 15 m
- Aklavik ArptCYKD · 7 m
- Akulivik ArptCYKO · 23 m
- Alert ArptCYLT · 9 m
- ALERT CLIMATE, NU71355 · 67 m
- Alexis River Meteorological Aeronautical Presentation SystemCWXW · 43 m
- ALGONQUIN PARK EAST GATE, ONT71581 · 400 m
- Algonquin Park/EastCTNK · 405 m
- Amherst, N. S.CWAH · 22 m
- Apaluk ArptCYLA · 35 m
- Arctic Bay ArptCXAT · 10 m
- Arctic Bay ArptCYAB · 36 m
- ARCTIC BAY CS, NU71592 · 12 m
- Argentia, NfldCWAR · 16 m
- Argentia/Bristol FldCWAR · 6 m
- Armstrong ArptCYYW · 320 m
- Armstrong, Ont.CYYW · 351 m
- ARVIAT A, NU71174 · 10 m
- ARVIAT CLIMATE, NU71322 · 10 m
- Arviat/Eskimo Pt ArptCYEK · 7 m
- ASHCROFT, BC