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A new set of IDF curves was produced on February 09, 2012 and posted on March 09, 2012. Please read the Whats_New_EC_IDF.pdf file for a list of all of the changes.

OTTAWA MACDONALD-CARTIER INT’L A, HAMILTON A, DEER LAKE A, GANDER INT'L A, ST.JOHN'S A, SASKATOON DIEFENBAKER INT'L A, LONDON INT'L A, SAULT STE. MARIE A, EDMONTON INT'L A, YARMOUTH A, THUNDER BAY A, CHURCHILL A and SMITHERS A weather reporting stations have switched over to new NAV CANADA sensors and reporting tools. Due to some unanticipated data processing issues related to the new data flow, the display of daily data from these stations is not available on our website at present. However, hourly data is now being displayed for the new stations: OTTAWA INT'L, HAMILTON, DEER LAKE, GANDER INT'L, ST. JOHN'S INT'L, SASKATOON DIEFENBAKER INT'L, LONDON, SAULT STE MARIE, EDMONTON, YARMOUTH, THUNDER BAY, CHURCHILL and SMITHERS.  For more information, please click here and expand the message. Thank you for your patience while we work to fix these current issues.

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The "Weather Winners" Highlights

The Cities For All Seasons - The cities with typical Canadian weather - lots of variety, but few extremes. Montreal is the weather winner here -- the "quintessential" Canadian city!

Montréal - A City for All Seasons A visitor to Canada wanting to sample the fickleness and many dimensions of Canada's four seasons would be advised to spend a year in Montréal. That city was judged to be the quintessential city for Canadian weather. Montreal experiences a little bit of almost every Canadian weather condition. The city is nearest to the average for 17 weather categories, followed closely by Fredericton NB and Kingston ON with 15 average categories each, and Ottawa ON , Drummondville QC, and Guelph ON at 14. Honourable mentions also include Québec QC, Kitchener-Waterloo ON, Trois-Rivières QC, Moncton NB, and Sault Ste.Marie ON.

City Placements Near the National Average
Montréal QC 17
Fredericton NB 15
Kingston ON 15
Ottawa-Gatineau 14
Drummondville QC 14
Guelph ON 14
Québec QC 13
Kitchener-Waterloo ON 13
Trois-Rivières QC 13
Moncton NB 13
Sault Ste. Marie ON 13

* Cities featuring a variety of weather conditions year-round, yet with relatively few extremes.

For several weather categories of the 34 selected for analysis, these cities placed close to the national average.


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Date Modified: 2012-03-14

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