What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada?
Last modified on Wed 25 Aug 2021 09.42 EDT Canada has set its highest temperature on record after a village in British Columbia reached 46.1C (115F) on Sunday. The temperature in Lytton, in the south of Canada’s western-most province, surpassed the previous national high of 45C (113F), set in Saskatchewan in 1937.
How dangerous are the extreme temperatures in Canada?
The World Meteorological Organization warned of serious danger from the extreme temperatures that have gripped the northwestern U.S. Grim news emerged in Canada’s western-most province of British Columbia on Wednesday just one day after one locale in the region set a new all-time record high for the nation at a scorching 121 F.
Where is the hottest place in Canada?
Canada set a record all-time high temperature Tuesday in the town of Lytton, British Columbia, for the third day in a row, its weather service said, as a deadly heat wave broils the country's west and the US Pacific Northwest.