The lowest temperature ever officially recorded in Canada and in North America is -63 °C (-81.4 °F) on February 3, 1947 at Snag, Yukon.
Snag was a small airport in southwest Yukon located near the Alaska Highway and not far from the Alaska-Yukon border.
Record Low Temperatures
The 1947 cold snap set other minimum temperature records in northwestern Canada including:
| Location |
°C |
Date |
| Mayo, Yukon |
-62.2 |
Feb 3, 1947 |
| Watson Lake, Yukon |
-58.9 |
Jan 31, 1947 |
| Norman Wells, NWT |
-54.4 |
Feb 4, 1947 |
| Whitehorse, Yukon |
-52.2 |
Jan 31, 1947 |
| Fort Nelson, BC |
-51.7 |
Jan 30, 1947 |
| Dease Lake, BC |
-51.2 |
Jan 31, 1947 |
| Yellowknife, NWT |
-51.2 |
Jan 31, 1947 |
| Fort McMurray, Alberta |
-50.6 |
Feb 1, 1947 |
Other places where temperatures have dropped extremely low.
| Location |
°C |
Date |
| Old Crow, Yukon |
-59.4 |
Jan 5, 1975 |
| Iroquois Falls, Ontario |
-58.3 |
Jan 23, 1935 |
| Shepherd Bay, NWT |
-57.8 |
Feb 13, 1973 |
| Inukik, NWT |
-56.7 |
Feb 4, 1968 |
| Prince Albert, Saskatchewan |
-56.7 |
Feb 1, 1893 |
| Dawson, Yukon |
-55.8 |
Feb 11, 1979 |
| Eureka, Nunavut |
-55.3 |
Feb 15, 1979 |
Southern Canada
Some of the coldest spots measured in southern Canada.
| Location |
°C |
Date |
| Norway House, Manitoba |
-52.8 |
Jan 9, 1899 |
| Esker 2, Newfoundland |
-51.1 |
Feb 17, 1973 |
| Schefferville, Quebec |
-50.6 |
Feb 7, 1950 |
| Sisson Dam, New Brunswick |
-47.2 |
Feb 1, 1955 |
| Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia |
-41.1 |
Jan 31, 1920 |
| Kilmahumaig, PEI |
-37.2 |
Jan 26, 1884 |