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Table 1.6Average temperature and precipitation, selected weather stations, 1971 to 2000

Average temperature and precipitation, selected weather stations, 1971 to 2000
  Average daily temperature Average annual temperature Total average precipitation
January April July October January April July October Annual
  degrees Celsius millimetres
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador -4.8 1.6 15.4 6.9 4.7 150.0 121.8 89.4 161.9 1,513.7
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island -8.0 2.7 18.5 7.8 5.3 106.4 87.8 85.8 108.6 1,173.3
Halifax, Nova Scotia -6.0 4.0 18.6 8.3 6.3 149.2 118.3 102.2 128.7 1,452.2
Fredericton, New Brunswick -9.8 4.3 19.3 7.0 5.3 109.6 87.4 87.1 97.7 1,143.3
Montréal, Quebec -10.4 5.5 20.5 7.5 5.8 79.8 86.0 98.1 88.5 1,046.2
Kuujjuaq, Quebec -24.3 -9.1 11.5 -0.7 -5.7 33.2 27.3 59.2 51.9 526.8
Ottawa, Ontario -10.8 5.7 20.9 7.8 6.0 70.2 72.4 90.6 79.4 943.5
Thunder Bay, Ontario -14.8 2.9 17.6 5.0 2.5 31.3 41.5 89.0 62.6 711.6
Toronto, Ontario -6.3 6.3 20.8 8.9 7.5 52.2 68.4 74.4 64.1 792.7
Winnipeg, Manitoba -17.8 4.0 19.5 5.3 2.6 19.7 31.9 70.6 36.0 513.7
Churchill, Manitoba -26.7 -9.7 12.0 -1.7 -6.9 16.9 19.0 56.0 46.9 431.6
Regina, Saskatchewan -16.2 4.5 18.8 4.8 2.8 14.9 23.5 64.4 21.8 388.1
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan -17.0 4.4 18.2 4.5 2.2 15.2 23.9 60.1 16.7 350.0
Calgary, Alberta -8.9 4.6 16.2 5.4 4.1 11.6 23.9 67.9 13.9 412.6
Edmonton, Alberta -13.5 4.3 15.9 4.3 2.4 22.7 26.3 95.2 19.8 482.7
Vancouver, British Columbia 3.3 9.2 17.5 10.1 10.1 153.6 84.0 39.6 112.6 1,199.0
Prince George, British Columbia -9.6 5.2 15.5 4.6 4.0 52.4 32.2 63.5 57.9 600.8
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory -17.7 0.9 14.1 0.6 -0.7 16.7 7.0 41.4 23.8 267.4
Inuvik, Northwest Territories -27.6 -12.8 14.2 -8.2 -8.8 13.8 10.5 33.2 28.0 248.4
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories -26.8 -5.3 16.8 -1.7 -4.6 14.1 10.8 35.0 35.0 280.7
Resolute, Nunavut -32.4 -22.8 4.3 -14.9 -16.4 4.3 6.1 20.2 13.8 150.0
Baker Lake, Nunavut -32.3 -17.4 11.4 -7.5 -11.8 7.5 13.6 41.8 32.1 270.4
Source(s):
Environment Canada, 2006, Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971 to 2000, http://climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/index_e.html (accessed November 23, 2007).