IbrChris Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 January91 at San Luis Obispo, CA on 16th-47 at Babbitt, MN and Embarrass, MN on 2ndFebruary98 at Rio Grande Village, TX on 18th-47 at West Yellowstone, MT on 6th March99 at McAllen, TX on 29th, 30th, 31st-44 at Embarrass, MN on 2nd April110 at Falcon Dam, TX on 28th-19 at Peter Sink, UT on 2nd and 3rd May117 at Death Valley, CA on 27th1 at Peter Sink, UT on 1st June123 at Death Valley, CA on 30th12 at Bodie, CA on 23rd July126 at Death Valley, CA on 13th22 at Copper Basin, ID on 25th August122 at Death Valley, CA on 1st12 at McGill, NV on 27th September119 at Death Valley, CA on 16th4 at Cloud Peak, WY on 12th October107 at Fillmore, CA on 4th107 at Death Valley, CA on 5th and 6th2 at Daniel, WY on 29th November95 at Riverside, CA on 17th95 at Elsinore, CA; Fillmore, CA; Riverside, CA on 8th-44 at Peter Sink, UT on 16th December87 at Point Mugu NAS, CA on 23rd87 at Vero Beach, FL on 24th-51 at Peter Sink, UT on 31st 2 Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Ranger Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Those extremes in March are both pretty impressive. Quote A forum for the end of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sometimesdylan Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 Here are some I found for AK: °Jan.62 1981 Petersburg –80 1971 Prospect Creek Camp Feb.66 1992 Petersburg–75 1947 Tanacross March69 1936 Dutch Harbor–68 1971 Kobuk April82 1976 Annette–50 1986 Umiat May92 1960 Ladd AFB –25 1992 Chandalar Lake June100 1915 Fort Yukon–1 1967 Anaktuvuk Pass July 98 1976 Haines16 1924 White Mountain Aug.99 1976 Tenakee Springs8 1922 Bonanza Mine Sept.88 1940 Tree Point–13 1970 Arctic Village Oct.74 1969 Goose Bay N.–48 1975 Clear Water Nov.67 1970 Annette–61 1935 Fort Yukon Dec.64 1934 Sitka–72 1999 Chicken I don't think I've ever felt temps over ~85 in Alaska at all... I would melt. 1 Quote "There are so many waves coming in all the time, you don't have to worry about that. Take your time—wave come. Let the other guys go; catch another one." -Duke Kahanamoku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx_statman Posted January 3, 2015 Report Share Posted January 3, 2015 It was -48 at Wisdom, MT on 2/6. That was an impressive cold wave for MT. Missoula hit -23 which was their lowest since February 1996. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 It was -48 at Wisdom, MT on 2/6. That was an impressive cold wave for MT. Missoula hit -23 which was their lowest since February 1996.Thx WxStatman...I've been pulling my numbers from a combination of WPC Daily National Extremes and the monthly overview report which lists daily records from GHCN stations (COOP, ASOS). Thing about GHCN is they have a 00z cutoff so sometimes the high temps are from the day prior. This is due to WMO standardization requirements of a midnight Greenwich cutoff. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Is it okay if I post the Canadian monthly extremes here? Better to ask forgiveness than permission, so here goes... January:16.8°C (62.2°F) CLARESHOLM, ALBERTA note: Second place at 16.5°C was BURWASH, YUKON!! -48°C (-54.4°F) ST PRIME, QUEBEC February:15.0°C(59°F) TAHSIS VILLAGE, OLIVER, & CHROME ISLAND, BC-50.4°C (-58.7°F) EUREKA, NUNAVUT March:18.5°C(65.3°F) NOOTKA LIGHTSTATION, BC note: WHITE ROCK, BC at virtual tie at 18.4°C-47°C (-52.6°F) EUREKA, NUNAVUT April:28.5°C (83.3°F) HEMMINGFORD, QUEBEC-43°C (-45.4°F) EUREKA, NUNAVUT May:35.4°C (95.7°F) SWAN RIVER, MANITOBA-26.6°C (-15.9°F) TALOYOAK & HALL BEACH, NUNAVUT June:34.7°C (94.5°F) FORT SEVERN, ONTARIO-13.3°C (8.1°F) AULAVIK NATIONAL PARK, NUNAVUT July:41.7°C (107.1°F) ASHCROFT, BC-4.7°C (23.5°F) ISACHSEN, NUNAVUT August:40.1°C (104.2°F) LYTTON, BC-7.1°C (19.2°F) CHETWYND, BC note: Both extremes are in BC September:38°C (100.4°F) MUENSTER, SASKATCHEWAN-22.9°C (-9.2°F) SVARTEVAEG, NUNAVUT October:29.0°C (84.2°F) ST-ANICET, QUEBEC-35.2°C (-31.4°F) EUREKA, NUNAVUT November:21.3°C (70.3°F) ST-ANICET, QUEBEC-42.3°C (-44.1°F) KUGAARUK, NUNAVUT Note: HENDRICKSON CREEK, ALBERTA WAS CLOSE BEHIND AT -42°C. December:18.5°C (65.3°F) GREENWOOD, NOVA SCOTIA-44.3°C (-47.7°F) SHEPHERD BAY, NUNAVUT Note: In most years the Yukon is the national cold extreme, but not in 2014, nor 2013 for that matter. The national cold spot was in the Yukon for 6 years in a row, but Eureka, Nunavut has been for two years in a row now. This is the first time in history that Eureka has been the extreme cold spot two years in a row. Since records began in 1947, Eureka has been the national cold extreme 5 times, with three of them occurring since the year 2000. Not sure what that means. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Is it okay if I post the Canadian monthly extremes here? Better to ask forgiveness than permission, so here goes... Glacier, no problem. This is a forum not my personal blog. Even if it was the latter I would love to see stuff like that from other areas of the world. Where is a good source for daily temp extremes in Canada? I assume the same place you got this info. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 I don't know where to go for daily extremes, but I know where to go for monthly summaries. EDIT: Oh, I forget, there is one place to look for daily extremes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 January 2015US Monthly ExtremesHigh:88 at Archbold Bio Stn, FL on 5th88 at El Cajon, CA on 6th88 at Fullerton, CA on 6th88 at San Marcos, CA on 6th88 at Cotulla, TX on 20th Low:-41 at Wayne, NE on 13th-55 at Granite Creek, AK on 26th --------------------------------------------------------Canada Monthly ExtremesHigh:68 at Lethbridge, AB on 26thLow:-54 at La Grande III, QC on 7th (-47.7c)-55 at Old Crow, YT on 28th (-48.2c)Edit: On closer inspection Old Crow, YT is coldest by 0.5c/1F. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Where did you get the La Grande III, QC figure from? I cannot find that one online anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Where did you get the La Grande III, QC figure from? I cannot find that one online anywhere. http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=CYAD&unit=0&hours=24&year1=2015&month1=1&day1=7&past=1&time=LOCAL&hour1=24 Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Coldest temps in Quebec morning of Jan 7th 2015 (degrees F):La Grande III (CYAD) -54La Grande IV (CYAH) -49Bonnard I (CWKD) -41La Grande Riviere (CYGL) -40Kuujjuarapik (CYGW) -40 Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Here is the relevant station and day over at Environment Canada. Only hourly obs are available.http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climateData/hourlydata_e.html?timeframe=1&Prov=QC&StationID=8992&hlyRange=1994-02-01|2015-02-18&Year=2015&Month=1&Day=7 Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Old Crow, YT was actually the coldest temp...reaching -48.2c on Jan 28th and -48.0 on Jan 29th. La Grande III, QC reached -47.7c on Jan 7th. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 February 2015 National Extremes for US and Canada...US...Max: 92 at Santa Ana, CA on 13thMin: -42 at Cotton, MN on 19thMin (Alaska): -55 at Coal Creek on 8th...Canada...Max: 64 at Champion, AB on 13thMin: -57 at Eureka, NU on 3rd and Old Crow, YT on 10th Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 ^This past month was the warmest winter month ever recorded in Canada. The average temperature at Quatsino, BC was 9.5C/49.1F for the month. By contrast, it was the coldest month on record in many parts of Quebec and Ontario. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Glacier are you familiar with the CNRA network of weather stations in Canada? In the province of Ontario they have an especially good network of remote weather stations...the stations at Devious Lake and Rinker Lake have achieved daily minimums for all Canadian stations (ie colder than those in the high Arctic on certain days).Just this year (all the lowest temp for the date within Canada): Devious Lake, ON-53 Feb 19th-43 Feb 22nd-46 Feb 23rd-46 Feb 26thRinker Lake, ON-39 Jan 10th-42 Jan 11th Appears they both just came online this past December. No data available prior to Dec 2014. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Glacier are you familiar with the CNRA network of weather stations in Canada? No, I'm not familiar. I'm still trying to figure out how to find the weather extremes for Canada from your link provided above without looking at individual stations. Is there some sort of way to filter and sort the entire country, or at least by province? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 No, I'm not familiar. I'm still trying to figure out how to find the weather extremes for Canada from your link provided above without looking at individual stations. Is there some sort of way to filter and sort the entire country, or at least by province? I think for stations without daily summaries (just hourly obs) you will have to comb through the data. The Env Canada monthly summaries fail to include those for some reason. I utilize an interface called "Mesowest" at University of Utah to access those hourly stations and they have a nice 5-day tabular interface. Here is the current one for Ontario (you can modify province and end date). http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/maxmin_5day.cgi?rawsflag=290&var=TMPF&state=ON&day1=0&month1=03&year1=2015&orderby=n You will have to scroll down for each day to determine which site had highest/lowest temperature. I go through each province in 5-day increments to find daily extremes for Canadian stations. Some of these stations are hourly obs so they aren't easily searchable on Env Canada. There is also the IEM database at Iowa State that includes these same Canadian stations. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I think for stations without daily summaries (just hourly obs) you will have to comb through the data. The Env Canada monthly summaries fail to include those for some reason. I utilize an interface called "Mesowest" at University of Utah to access those hourly stations and they have a nice 5-day tabular interface. Here is the current one for Ontario (you can modify province and end date). http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/maxmin_5day.cgi?rawsflag=290&var=TMPF&state=ON&day1=0&month1=03&year1=2015&orderby=n You will have to scroll down for each day to determine which site had highest/lowest temperature. I go through each province in 5-day increments to find daily extremes for Canadian stations. Some of these stations are hourly obs so they aren't easily searchable on Env Canada. There is also the IEM database at Iowa State that includes these same Canadian stations.Thanks for that. Very interesting, but I notice that a lot of Environment Canada weather stations are not on the list. For example, for BC, 4 of the first 5 I looked for aren't there. No Ashcroft (the only place in Canada that is classified as arid), no Lillooet, no Puntzi Mountain, and no Tatlayoko Lake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks for that. Very interesting, but I notice that a lot of Environment Canada weather stations are not on the list. For example, for BC, 4 of the first 5 I looked for aren't there. No Ashcroft (the only place in Canada that is classified as arid), no Lillooet, no Puntzi Mountain, and no Tatlayoko Lake. True...it's not complete. Those stations you mentioned are kinda like our COOP stations here in the US where an observer "calls in" their max/min and precip each day. The stations listed on Mesowest are only those that report an automated hourly obs, so most all Canadian airports/aerodromes should be on Mesowest. However, as you noted there are some stations that give hourly obs that don't show up in the provincial monthly summaries, such as La Grande III airport (CYAD) and Gameti, NT for example. I think it behooves us to look at both Mesowest and Env Canada data so as to not miss potential records. Another nice aspect of Mesowest are their QC flags. I wish Environment Canada had a similar 5-day Max/Min table where you could select province and date. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Another nice aspect of Mesowest are their QC flags. I wish Environment Canada had a similar 5-day Max/Min table where you could select province and date.Actually, all the weather stations I listed above are EC hourly reporting stations. The flags are BS in a many aspects. I just did quick look at the July 17, 2014, and notice that it flags the Bella Coola airport even though the data is reasonable and accurate. I agree though, QC flags can be useful, and I too wish EC had a similar table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Actually, all the weather stations I listed above are EC hourly reporting stations. The flags are BS in a many aspects. I just did quick look at the July 17, 2014, and notice that it flags the Bella Coola airport even though the data is reasonable and accurate. I agree though, QC flags can be useful, and I too which EC had a similar table. Looks like Mesowest only includes the ASOS, DCP networks and some personal weather stations in their database...like I said it's more useful in conjunction with Environment Canada's website. QC isn't perfect by any means but it is better than no filter in many cases. I believe it is less reliable in remote areas because it compares a station's reading to its neighbors. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 QC isn't perfect by any means but it is better than no filter in many cases. I believe it is less reliable in remote areas because it compares a station's reading to its neighbors.Or near the water. Bella Coola can be over 100 degrees 5 miles inland while weather stations closer to the ocean might be struggling to hit 70 degrees. I think this is why Bella Coola was flagged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 February 2015 National Extremes for US and Canada ...US... Max: 92 at Santa Ana, CA on 13thMin: -42 at Cotton, MN on 19thMin (Alaska): -55 at Coal Creek on 8th ...Canada... Max: 64 at Champion, AB on 13thMin: -57 at Eureka, NU on 3rd and Old Crow, YT on 10thEnvironment Canada has released the February summary. Max: Pelly, SK ... Orillia Brian, ON...Barrie landfill, ON... Richmond (nature park), BC = 67F (19.5C) Min: Old Crow, YT = -57.5F (-49.7C)2nd: Lac Benoit, QC = -57.3F (-49.6C)3rd: Eureka, NU = -56.6F (-49.2C) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Environment Canada has released the February summary. Max: Pelly, SK ... Orillia Brian, ON...Barrie landfill, ON... Richmond (nature park), BC = 67F (19.5C) Min: Old Crow, YT = -57.5F (-49.7C)2nd: Lac Benoit, QC = -57.3F (-49.6C)3rd: Eureka, NU = -56.6F (-49.2C) -57 in Quebec is pretty amazing...what has the province gotten down to in previous winters? I don't buy that Richmond Nature Park +19.5c...next closest values are Chilliwack and Zeballos Muraude Creek, both of which reached only 16.5c (63 F). This still falls short of what appears to be a reputable 17.9c at Champion, AB. Surrounding areas recorded 17.1c (Etzikom), 17.2c (Grassy Lake), 17.1c (Lethbridge), 17.2c (Milk River). Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glacier Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 -57 in Quebec is pretty amazing...what has the province gotten down to in previous winters? I don't buy that Richmond Nature Park +19.5c...next closest values are Chilliwack and Zeballos Muraude Creek, both of which reached only 16.5c (63 F). This still falls short of what appears to be a reputable 17.9c at Champion, AB. Surrounding areas recorded 17.1c (Etzikom), 17.2c (Grassy Lake), 17.1c (Lethbridge), 17.2c (Milk River).I agree with your assessment. I wasn't sure if I should write that one off, but didn't have time to keep going. Plus, Fort Liard, NWT was reliably 12.5C last month (and the warmest place in Canada that day), so it's not out of unexpected for BC to reach 19.5C during the warmest winter month and winter on record. As for Quebec, it can get cold in the middle even if the south isn't that bad. It is the largest province after all. As an aside: this past month was the coldest winter month on record in the east, while it was the warmest on record in the west. This contrasts to January 1950, which was the coldest on record in the west and the warmest on record in the east. Back to Quebec, it has been the Canadian annual extreme cold spot 6 times since 1900. The last time was 2003 when La Grande 4 was −50.4 °C (-59 °F). The record low for Lac Benoit is -50.1°C (-58°F) from 2002, and the record for Quebec is −54.4 °C (-66 °F) from February 5, 1923. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_temperatures_in_Canada#Occurrences_by_province 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I've created an Excel spreadsheet showing extreme max and min on a monthly basis for each Canadian province and each US state. US state extremes I pull off of the NCDC state climatological summaries (usually a 4-6 month lag). For more recent months I will start using Mesowest to get a rough draft. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IbrChris Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Of note it appears Corner Brook, NL set a new Feb monthly snowfall record for the province with 88.4" (224.4cm) beating previous record of 82.3" recorded at Makkovik in Feb 1987. The snowiest single month in the province appears to be 102.5" recorded at Nain in Jan 1970 HOWEVER Hopedale reports 310.8mm of precip this past Feb. With the max temp for the month only -2.8c it seems likely all of it was snow. If so, and using a 1:10 ratio, 310.8 cm (122.4") of snow fell (probably more as it would be drier snow at those low temperatures). If so it indeed shatters the previous provincial record for Newfoundland and Labrador. Quote The Pacific Northwest: Where storms go to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happ Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 I used to post daily extremes for California based on elevation; these stations are not necessarily the actual spread of extreme temps each day but pretty close. 03/17/15SQUAW VALLEY 8202' 45 / 33DEATH VALLEY -194' 93 / 63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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