Additional Information
Temperature records were broken across Western Canada. In some cases by a substantial amount. See below for details.
March 12, 2009 (as of 9am EST)
Alberta
| Station | New Record | Old Record | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindersley Airport | -25.5C | -19.7C | 1989 |
| Cranbrook | -16.0C | -15.6C | 1976 |
March 11, 2009
Alberta
| Station | New Record | Old Record | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coronation | -35.5C | -34.4C | 1956 |
| Edmonton Airport | -38.3C | -30.6C | 1970 |
| Lloydminster | -32.0C | -30.6C | 1956C |
| Cold Lake | -36.4C | -32.8C | 1956 |
| Pincher Creek | -31.5C | -29.4C | 1950 |
| Sundre Airport | -33.4C | -27.3C | 2003 |
| Claresholm | -33.2C | -26.1C | 1962 |
| Waterton Park | -33.6C | -18.9C | 1967 |
March 10, 2009
British Columbia
| Station | New Record | Old Record | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt Meadows | -5.4C | -5.0C | 1985 |
| Squamish | -7.4C | -3.9C | 1962 |
| Campbell River | -8.4C | -5.6C | 1969 |
| Kelowna | -20.9C | -18.9C | 1951 |
| Osoyoos | -11.4C | -5.9C | 2006 |
| Princeton | -26.6C | -22.2C | 1951 |
| Sparwood | -23.6C | -15.1C | 2006 |
| Clinton | -28.2C* | -16.1C | 1975 |
| Williams Lake | -27.1C | -22.8C | 1925 |
| Burns Lake | -34.4C | -30.0C | 1956 |
| Chetwynd | -36.5C | -30.7C | 1987 |
*Monthly record: the lowest March temperature on record for that station.
Alberta
| Station | New Record | Old Record | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton Airport | -42.7C | -29.4C | 1975 |
| Lloydminster | -35.2C | -29.2C | 1998 |
| Fort McMurray | -39.9C | -38.3C | 1950 |
| Cold Lake | -39.6C | -31.7C | 1956 |
| Slave lake | -39.5C | -33.9C | 1956 |
| Whitecourt Airport | -36.4C | -35.0C | 1950 |
| Peace River Airport | -36.6C | -33.3C | 1951 |
| Edson Airport | -38.7C | -37.2C | 1951 |
| High Level Airport | -37.3C | -36.0C | 1987 |
| Jasper | -32.9C | -31.7C | 1951 |
| Banff | -31.3C | -28.9C | 1951 |
| Waterton Park | -25.8C | -19.6C | 1998 |
| Sundre | -32.3C | -24.7C | 2003 |
| Rocky Mountain House | -38.9C | -35.6C | 1951 |
Saskatchewan
| Station | New Record | Old Record | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Key Lake | -46.0C | -41.0C | 1998 |
| Meadow Lake Airport | -42.4C | -37.3C | 1998 |
| Stoney Rapids Airport | -42.7C | -41.1C | 1968 |
| la Ronge | -38.5C | -33.9C | 1998 |
| Assiniboia Airport | -33.1C | -29.7C | 2002 |
| Collins Bay | -36.7C | -34.0C | 2004 |
| Weyburn | -32.1C | -31.5C | 2002 |
| Nipawin Airport | -34.0C | -33.3C | 1933 |
| Elbow | -31.8C | -30.0C | 1998 |
| Watrous East | -30.5C | -29.7C | 1998 |
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The only really significant figure above is the one with the asterisk, because it applies to the entire month of March. The other records are daily records, and in isolation don't mean much. So for instance, the coldest temperature recorded for March 11th at Edmonton is now -38 deg. C, recorded this year. But on March 10th or March 12th even colder temperatures could have been recorded at this location decades ago. This is not to say that records broken on a day-to-day basis are meaningless, because if you get enough day-to-day records broken within a short time-span (say a week's worth within a given month, or more than usual over a 3-year span) then it can start to point to some kind of cooling.