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The "Weather Winners" Highlights

Top Canadian Weather Winners -- The winning city in each of the 72 weather categories. For example, Prince Rupert BC is the wettest city in Canada.

Weather Category

City

Value

Hottest summer

Kamloops BC

26.90°C

Coldest winter

Yellowknife NT

-28.90°C

Coolest summer

Prince Rupert BC

15.70°C

Mildest winter

Victoria BC

7.40°C

Coldest spring

Yellowknife NT

-5.70°C

Coldest year-round

Yellowknife NT

-4.60°C

Warmest year-round

Chilliwack BC

10.50°C

Most freezing days

Thompson MB

240 days

Fewest freezing days

Vancouver BC

46 days

Most hot days (30°C or above)

Kamloops BC

29 days

Most cold days (-20°C or below)

Yellowknife NT

110 days

Most hot and cold days

Yellowknife NT

111 days

Warmest spring

Chilliwack BC

10.20°C

Warmest fall

Windsor ON

11.00°C

Wettest city (rain and snow)

Prince Rupert BC

2593.60 mm

Driest city

Whitehorse YT

267.40 mm

Snowiest city

Gander NL

443.10 cm

Lowest snowfall

Victoria BC

43.80 cm

Snowiest fall

Val-d'Or QC

62.00 cm

Snowiest spring

Gander NL

136.20 cm

Snowfall as a % of precipitation

Whitehorse YT

54%

Rainiest city

Prince Rupert BC

2468.50 mm

Most wet days

Prince Rupert BC

240 days

Most very wet days (25 mm or above)

Prince Rupert BC

24 days

Most dry days

Medicine Hat AB

266 days

Most snow days

Val-d'Or QC

104 days

Fewest snow days

Victoria BC

10 days

Most heavy snowfall days (10 cm or above)

Campbellton NB

13 days

Most huge snowfall days (25 cm or above)

Moncton NB

2 days

Longest snow cover season (days)

Yellowknife NT

191 days

Most deep snow cover days (10 cm or above)

Yellowknife NT

165 days

Greatest average snow depth January 31

Québec QC

57.80 cm

Most freezing rain days

Gander NL

39 days

Most blowing snow days

Chicoutimi-Jonquière QC

31 days

Most thunderstorm days

Windsor ON

33 days

Fewest thunderstorm days

Nanaimo BC

2 days

Foggiest city

St. John's NL

119 days

Fewest fog days

Penticton BC

2 days

Most smoke and haze days

Windsor ON

123 days

Sunniest year-round

Medicine Hat AB

2512.90 hours

Least sunshine year-round

Prince Rupert BC

1229.10 hours

Sunniest winter

Calgary AB

366.20 hours

Sunniest summer

Yellowknife NT

1034.00 hours

Sunniest spring

Yellowknife NT

798.00 hours

Sunniest fall

Medicine Hat AB

517.30 hours

Most sunny days year-round

Calgary AB

333 days

Fewest sunny days year-round

Prince Rupert BC

250 days

Most sunny days in cold months

Calgary AB

132 days

Most sunny days in warm months

Portage la Prairie MB

149 days

Most heating degree-days

Yellowknife NT

8256.00

Most cooling degree-days

Windsor ON

421.70

Most growing degree-days

Windsor ON

2602.60

Highest average pressure*

Hamilton ON

101.71 kPa

Lowest average pressure*

Gander NL

101.18 kPa

Greatest average pressure difference*

Prince Rupert BC

0.89 kPa

Most hours with low visibility*

St. John's NL

764 hours

Clearest skies year-round*

Estevan SK

2880 hours

Cloudiest skies year-round*

Prince Rupert BC

6146 hours

Most clear skies in summer*

Nanaimo BC

797 hours

Windiest city year-round*

St. John's NL

23.30 km/h

Lightest winds year-round*

Kelowna BC

5.40 km/h

Windiest winter*

St. John's NL

26.90 km/h

Windiest summer*

St. John's NL

20.60 km/h

Most days with light wind (5 km/h or below)*

Kelowna BC

363 days

Most windy days (40 km/h or above)*

St. John's NL

127 days

Extreme wind chill*

Yellowknife NT

-64.00

Most high wind chill days (-30 or below)*

Yellowknife NT

101 days

Humidex days 30° or above*

Windsor ON

67 days

High humidex days 35° or above*

Windsor ON

28 days

Most humid summer city*

Windsor ON

1.79 kPa

Driest winter air*

Yellowknife NT

0.08 kPa

Driest summer air*

Whitehorse YT

0.86 kPa

* Based on 82 cities

 

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