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Mildest extreme cold

Lowest temperature recorded at the nearest climate station within 30 km, 1991-2020 (ECCC's 1981-2010 normals don't include it). 65 places ranked; 15 on fewer years than the WMO standard; the other 239 have no 1991-2020 record at their nearest station, or no station within 30 km.

50°N52°N54°N56°N58°N60°N135°W130°W125°W120°W115°WVancouver: -9 °CSurrey: –Burnaby: –Richmond: –Abbotsford: -16.4 °CCoquitlam: –Kelowna: –Langley: –Saanich: -11.2 °CDelta: –Nanaimo: –Kamloops: -28.6 °CChilliwack: –Victoria: -8.8 °CMaple Ridge: –North Vancouver: –New Westminster: –Prince George: –Port Coquitlam: –North Vancouver: -9 °CLangford: –Vernon: -30.5 °CWest Vancouver: -9 °CMission: –Penticton: -21.6 °CWest Kelowna: –Campbell River: –Port Moody: –North Cowichan: –Langley: -16.3 °CCourtenay: –Squamish: –White Rock: –Fort St. John: -44.6 °CCranbrook: –Salmon Arm: -27.8 °CPitt Meadows: -16.3 °CColwood: –Metro Vancouver, Electoral Area A: -15.2 °CPort Alberni: –Oak Bay: -8.8 °CEsquimalt: -8.8 °CCentral Saanich: –Lake Country: –Sooke: –Comox: -10.8 °CWhistler: –Powell River: –Parksville: –Dawson Creek: -49.2 °CSidney: -10.5 °CPrince Rupert: –North Saanich: -10.5 °CSummerland: –Terrace: –Saltspring Island: –View Royal: –Coldstream: -30.5 °CNelson: -19.8 °CWilliams Lake: –Sechelt: –Quesnel: –Qualicum Beach: –Comox Valley, Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek): –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area B: –Ladysmith: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area C: –Castlegar: –Revelstoke: -26.5 °CKitimat: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area F: –Kimberley: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area G: –Comox Valley, Electoral Area A: –Trail: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area A: –Comox Valley, Electoral Area B (Lazo North): –Merritt: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area E: –Hope: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area C: –Fernie: –Kent: -13.9 °CCariboo, Electoral Area A: –Southern Gulf Islands: –Peace River, Electoral Area C: -44.6 °CPeachland: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area A: -39 °CCreston: -23.7 °COsoyoos: –Peace River, Electoral Area B: -44.6 °CSmithers: -39 °CArmstrong: –Cariboo, Electoral Area G: –Spallumcheen: –Juan de Fuca (Part 1): –Oliver: –Metchosin: –Duncan: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area C: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area H: -19.8 °CCowichan Valley, Electoral Area A: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area B: -23.7 °CPeace River, Electoral Area D: -49.2 °CCariboo, Electoral Area F: -39.5 °CCariboo, Electoral Area L: –Gibsons: –North Okanagan, Electoral Area C: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area B: –Cumberland: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area D: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area D: -46.1 °CNorth Okanagan, Electoral Area F: -27.8 °CVanderhoof: –Nanaimo, Electoral Area H: –Central Okanagan: –Bowen Island: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area E: –Strathcona, Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake): –Sparwood: -37.9 °CRossland: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area F: -19.8 °CCariboo, Electoral Area E: –Grand Forks: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks): -28.6 °COkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area D: -21.6 °CGolden: -36.5 °COkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area C: –Northern Rockies: -47.3 °CKitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area E: –Invermere: –Port Hardy: -11.8 °CCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area E: -19.8 °CSunshine Coast, Electoral Area E: –Cariboo, Electoral Area B: –Lantzville: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area C: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area D: –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area D: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area F: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area F: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area J: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area A: –Pemberton: -22.6 °CNanaimo, Electoral Area C: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A: -36.5 °CLake Cowichan: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area L (Grasslands): –Mackenzie: -45 °CNorth Okanagan, Electoral Area B: –Kootenay Boundary D / Rural Grand Forks: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area F: –Houston: –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area A: –Enderby: –Kootenay Boundary E / West Boundary: –Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area C (Part 1): –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area B: –Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area E: –North Okanagan, Electoral Area D: –Central Okanagan West: –Princeton: -35.5 °CCariboo, Electoral Area D: -39.5 °CElkford: –Strathcona, Electoral Area C: –Peace River, Electoral Area E: –Sicamous: -27.8 °CCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area I: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area H: –Tofino: –Highlands: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area H: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area G: –Sunshine Coast, Electoral Area F: –Chase: –Tumbler Ridge: –Clearwater: –Anmore: –Port McNeill: -11.8 °COkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area I: -21.6 °CChetwynd: –Lillooet: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area G: –Logan Lake: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area A: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H: -35.5 °Cqathet, Electoral Area C: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area A: -21.7 °CFraser Valley, Electoral Area D: -13.9 °COkanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area F: -21.6 °CUcluelet: –Lumby: –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area E: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area B: –Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C: -22.6 °CAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area F: –Fruitvale: –100 Mile House: –Harrison Hot Springs: -13.9 °CCariboo, Electoral Area H: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area A: –Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area D: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area F: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area J (Copper Desert Country): –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area K: -20.3 °CBarriere: –Warfield: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area B: -44.1 °CFraser Valley, Electoral Area G: –East Kootenay, Electoral Area E: –Ashcroft: –qathet, Electoral Area B: –Burns Lake: -44.1 °CEast Kootenay, Electoral Area G: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area G: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area M (Beautiful Nicola Valley - North): –Kootenay Boundary C / Christina Lake: –Kootenay Boundary, Electoral Area A: –Keremeos: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area D: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area H: –Nakusp: -20.3 °CThompson-Nicola, Electoral Area A (Wells Gray Country): –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area E: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area O (Lower North Thompson): –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area E: –Cariboo, Electoral Area I: –Central Kootenay, Electoral Area C: –Telkwa: -39 °CCentral Kootenay, Electoral Area D: –Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area B: –Cowichan Valley, Electoral Area I: –Kootenay Boundary B / Lower Columbia-Old-Glory: –Sun Peaks: –Lions Bay: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area E: -27.8 °CFort St. James: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area F: –Radium Hot Springs: –Taylor: -44.6 °CBulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area C: –qathet, Electoral Area A: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area F: -46.1 °CGold River: –Cariboo, Electoral Area C: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau): –Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area B: –Salmo: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area C: –qathet, Electoral Area D: –North Okanagan, Electoral Area E: –Strathcona, Electoral Area B: –Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area D: –Valemount: –Kaslo: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country): –Montrose: –Cache Creek: –Fraser Lake: –Daajing Giids: -10.2 °CAlberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area C: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B: –Strathcona, Electoral Area A: –Hudson's Hope: –Masset: –Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area G: -44.1 °CCanal Flats: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area C: -11.8 °CPouce Coupe: -49.2 °CPort Alice: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South): –Greenwood: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area A: -11.8 °CBelcarra: –Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area B: -26.5 °CCentral Coast, Electoral Area C: -19.8 °CMidway: –Cariboo, Electoral Area J: –New Hazelton: –McBride: –North Coast, Electoral Area D: –Clinton: -35.9 °CFraser-Fort George, Electoral Area E: –Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area B: –Stewart: -25.4 °Cqathet, Electoral Area E: –Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A: –New Denver: –Port Edward: -16.5 °CAlert Bay: –Cariboo, Electoral Area K: –Stikine Region: -47 °CCentral Coast, Electoral Area D: –Juan de Fuca (Part 2): –Tahsis: –Slocan: –Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area D: –Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area G: –Port Clements: –Granisle: –Sayward: –Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area F: –North Coast, Electoral Area E: -10.2 °CSquamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A: –Hazelton: –Alberni-Clayoquot, Electoral Area A: –Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area B (Thompson Headwaters): -44 °CWells: –Lytton: -23.5 °CCentral Coast, Electoral Area E: –Central Coast, Electoral Area A: –Silverton: –Zeballos: –Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area D: –Kitimat-Stikine, Electoral Area A: –North Coast, Electoral Area A: –Mount Waddington, Electoral Area B: –North Coast, Electoral Area C: -16.5 °C

Colour: Lowest temperature recorded at the nearest climate station within 30 km, 1991-2020 (ECCC's 1981-2010 normals don't include it)

-30.5 °C-13.9 °C-8.8 °C

-49.2 °C-21.7 °C-10.2 °C

Dot: a municipality, sized by its people

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The colours split the ranked places into five groups that narrow towards the top: the lowest 30%, then 25%, 20% and 15%, and the darkest is the top tenth; the bar above is drawn to those shares, with the figure at each break. Places left pale have no figure or too small a base to rank. Census figures about who lives in a place are shown on its page, never used to colour this map.

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All 65, ranked

Each place takes its nearest station's figure, so neighbours can share one: Esquimalt, Oak Bay and Victoria all use Victoria Gonzales City. North Vancouver, Vancouver and West Vancouver all use Vancouver Harbour.

Places with normals based on fewer years than the WMO standard are not ranked, because their averages rest on 15 to 25 of the 30 years, so they don't compare fairly with the rest. They are listed below the ranking with their figures.

Next to each figure: station, its distance from the town centre (from the main settled place in an electoral area, or the middle of the place where it has neither) and the year of the low.

  1. 1EsquimaltVictoria Gonzales City station, 7 km, 2008-8.8 °C
  2. 1Oak BayVictoria Gonzales City station, 1 km, 2008-8.8 °C
  3. 1VictoriaVictoria Gonzales City station, 3 km, 2008-8.8 °C
  4. 4North VancouverVancouver Harbour station, 4 km, 2008-9 °C
  5. 4VancouverVancouver Harbour station, 4 km, 2008-9 °C
  6. 4West VancouverVancouver Harbour station, 5 km, 2008-9 °C
  7. 7Daajing GiidsSandspit Airport station, 19 km, 1996-10.2 °C
  8. 7North Coast, Electoral Area ESandspit Airport station, 1 km from Sandspit, 1996-10.2 °C
  9. 9North SaanichVictoria Airport station, 1 km, 2006-10.5 °C
  10. 9SidneyVictoria Airport station, 2 km, 2006-10.5 °C
  11. 11ComoxComox Airport station, 5 km, 1993-10.8 °C
  12. 12SaanichVictoria University station, 5 km, 2008-11.2 °C
  13. 13Mount Waddington, Electoral Area APort Hardy Airport station, 25 km from Sointula, 2012-11.8 °C
  14. 13Mount Waddington, Electoral Area CPort Hardy Airport station, 28 km from Port McNeill, 2012-11.8 °C
  15. 13Port HardyPort Hardy Airport station, 11 km, 2012-11.8 °C
  16. 13Port McNeillPort Hardy Airport station, 22 km, 2012-11.8 °C
  17. 17Fraser Valley, Electoral Area DAgassiz climate station station, 5 km from Popkum, 2009-13.9 °C
  18. 17Harrison Hot SpringsAgassiz climate station station, 6 km, 2009-13.9 °C
  19. 17KentAgassiz climate station station, 1 km, 2009-13.9 °C
  20. 20LangleyPitt Meadows station, 12 km, 1996-16.3 °C
  21. 20Pitt MeadowsPitt Meadows station, 1 km, 1996-16.3 °C
  22. 22AbbotsfordAbbotsford Airport station, 4 km, 1993-16.4 °C
  23. 23Central Coast, Electoral Area CBella Coola Airport station, 4 km from Hagensborg, 1996-19.8 °C
  24. 23Central Kootenay, Electoral Area ENelson station, 29 km from Balfour, 2004-19.8 °C
  25. 23Central Kootenay, Electoral Area FNelson station, 12 km from North Shore, 2004-19.8 °C
  26. 23Central Kootenay, Electoral Area HNelson station, 23 km from Winlaw, 2004-19.8 °C
  27. 23NelsonNelson station, 1 km, 2004-19.8 °C
  28. 28Central Kootenay, Electoral Area KNakusp station, 6 km from Nakusp, 1996-20.3 °C
  29. 28NakuspNakusp station, 4 km, 1996-20.3 °C
  30. 30Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area AOsoyoos climate station station, 1 km from Osoyoos, 2008-21.7 °C
  31. 31PembertonPemberton station, 5 km, 1997-22.6 °C
  32. 31Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area CPemberton station, 4 km from Pemberton, 1997-22.6 °C
  33. 33LyttonLytton station, 1 km, 2008-23.5 °C
  34. 34Central Kootenay, Electoral Area BCreston station, 4 km from Erickson, 2004-23.7 °C
  35. 34CrestonCreston station, 0 km, 2004-23.7 °C
  36. 36StewartStewart Airport station, 0 km, 2012-25.4 °C
  37. 37Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area BRevelstoke station, 1 km from Revelstoke, 1996-26.5 °C
  38. 37RevelstokeRevelstoke station, 4 km, 1996-26.5 °C
  39. 39Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area ESalmon Arm Airport station, 29 km from Solsqua, 1996-27.8 °C
  40. 39North Okanagan, Electoral Area FSalmon Arm Airport station, 13 km from Enderby, 1996-27.8 °C
  41. 39Salmon ArmSalmon Arm Airport station, 4 km, 1996-27.8 °C
  42. 39SicamousSalmon Arm Airport station, 24 km, 1996-27.8 °C
  43. 43KamloopsKamloops Airport station, 8 km, 1993-28.6 °C
  44. 43Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks)Kamloops Airport station, 29 km from Pinantan Lake, 1993-28.6 °C
  45. 45ColdstreamVernon Bella Vista station, 7 km, 1996-30.5 °C
  46. 45VernonVernon Bella Vista station, 3 km, 1996-30.5 °C
  47. 47Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area HPrinceton Airport station, 10 km from Princeton, 1996-35.5 °C
  48. 47PrincetonPrinceton Airport station, 1 km, 1996-35.5 °C
  49. 49Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area AGolden Airport station, 6 km from Golden, 1996-36.5 °C
  50. 49GoldenGolden Airport station, 1 km, 1996-36.5 °C
  51. 51SparwoodSparwood station, 1 km, 1998-37.9 °C
  52. 52Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area ASmithers Airport station, 3 km from Smithers, 1996-39 °C
  53. 52SmithersSmithers Airport station, 5 km, 1996-39 °C
  54. 52TelkwaSmithers Airport station, 17 km, 1996-39 °C
  55. 55Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area B (Thompson Headwaters)Blue River Airport station, 3 km from Blue River, 1996-44 °C
  56. 56Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area BBurns Lake Decker Lake station, 22 km from Burns Lake, 2020-44.1 °C
  57. 56Bulkley-Nechako, Electoral Area GBurns Lake Decker Lake station, 26 km from Topley, 2020-44.1 °C
  58. 56Burns LakeBurns Lake Decker Lake station, 21 km, 2020-44.1 °C
  59. 59MackenzieMackenzie station, 4 km, 1997-45 °C
  60. 60Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area DPrince George Airport station, 6 km from Pineview FFG, 1991-46.1 °C
  61. 60Fraser-Fort George, Electoral Area FPrince George Airport station, 11 km from Shell-Glen, 1991-46.1 °C
  62. 62Stikine RegionAtlin station, 1 km from Atlin, 1996-47 °C
  63. 63Dawson CreekDawson Creek Airport station, 4 km, 1992-49.2 °C
  64. 63Peace River, Electoral Area DDawson Creek Airport station, 11 km from South Dawson, 1992-49.2 °C
  65. 63Pouce CoupeDawson Creek Airport station, 4 km, 1992-49.2 °C

Not ranked: fewer years behind the figure

15 places with normals based on fewer years than the WMO standard, highest figure first.

Source: Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020 and 1981-2010, Environment and Climate Change Canada (Open Government Licence – Canada).

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