Is it true that Canadian summers only get to 30 degrees?

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woerden

The hottest temperature recorded in Canada was 45C (or 115F).

I remember, as a child, being in downtown Toronto, and seeing the temperature on an outdoor sign, listed at 102F. (Before the switch to metric.) The next day, I went on a trip to southern California, and the entire time we were there, it never got above 95F. Yet when some Americans learned we were visiting from Canada, they always mentioned how we must be loving the hot weather. (It was pretty funny to us.)

In Toronto (where I live), the average daytime summer temperature is about 26.5C (80F). That's the average, mind you, according to Environment Canada. It can, of course, get much hotter than that, with individual hot days being close to 40C (104F). A typical "hot day" in Toronto is about 32-36C, or 90-97F.

Canadians are fond of additionally considering the humidex (how much hotter it feels based on how much the air is saturated with moisture), and the wind chill factor (how much colder it feels when the wind is blowing). I've personally experienced temperatures above 45C (humidex) (and yes, it is brutal when it's close to 40C and there's so much moisture in the air that sweating won't cool you down) at my cottage in northern Ontario, and below -25C in various places, even as close to Toronto as Newmarket! (yikes!)

In Canada, we measure temperature on the Celsius (C) scale; you probably measure temperature on the Fahrenheit (F) scale.

30 degrees Celsius is about 86 degrees Fahrenheit. See this link for a converter: http://opentoronto.com/calculators/converter_fahrenheit_to_celsius.php

With humidity, temperatures in the southern part Canada can go up to 40 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit). In the northern part of Canada, temperatures range around 25 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit).

Hope this helps.

your messiah

CELCIUS not farenheit.
by god.

knh959

In Canada temperature is measured in Celsius rather than farenheit. 30 Celsius is about 86 farenheit. Temperatures in the summer can easily exceed 30 Celsius depending upon where you are. The south Okanagan valley of British Columbia for example can easily reach 40 Celsius (104 farenheit) in the heat of summer.

tuppenybitz

Canada like most of the modern world uses Celsius not like america that uses Fahrenheit

Lina

Keep in mind that we use Celsius.
So it usually gets around 30C (86F) where I live. Sometimes it gets hotter. The hottest it's been in a long time in the summer where I live is 38C.

thinkingtime

That's 30 degrees Celsius, not Fahrenheit as is used in the US.

fuzzlestunk

If it got much above 30 degrees our igloos would melt and we'd all have to buy refrigerators. That would suck.

WINGNUT

That's 30 degrees celsius not fahrenheit

Randy B

Yes, for the most part its true. Some areas get warmer and many areas in the North are colder during the summer. Keep in mind though that our 30 degrees Celsius is the same as your 86 Fahrenheit.

Mat J

uhhhhh you are thinking in fareinheit, lol, canada uses metric measurements so yes it gets to be 30 CELSIUS, which is like 90 farehnheit or something. that is the average for our summers.

remember that we use celsius

~Annabella~

Celsius or Fahrenheit? :P haha either way it gets much hotter . . . than 30

*ajidamoon* the Eh team

30 is too hot for me. I hate being sweaty, and sticky all the time. I also am not fond of breathing in A/C air. It feels artificial in my lungs. I'll keep my already too hot Northern Ontario summers, thanks.

ohh.yeahh!

No.
Not in Windsor, ON.
It goes up to about 45 degrees Celsius.
Even up-north it gets pretty warm.
About 35-40 degrees Celsius anywhere in Canada.

jake_n_toby

In Vancouver it gets to 30 degress celcius, but not much higher. It's a perfectly comfortable temperature. No need for air conditioning in your house, nice breeze from the water most of the time, you can spend all day outside and not have to seek shade or air conditioning. It's great!

J'aime la natation!

Well we go by Celcius so yes it only gets to about 30C. Sometimes above, sometimes below. But in terms of Farenheit which I think you are talking about, it gets to about 86F. Like I said before it can get hotter.

dysentery_boy

No, it's not true.

Jessica M

Depends on where you live in Canada.
Southern Ontario is hotter than other places in Canada that are further North.
In Toronto, where I am it gets to 36 sometimes, but only a couple of days will it get above 30.

In other places in Toronto, it usually rarely ever goes beyond 30...
especially if it is further north!

Dark Maroon Eyes

canada cold is so harsh and the worse winters ever... i left that place and am never going back. everything is always cold to the point of nose bleed, and the people are cold too. It's like zombies are walking around, they are so used to that nasty cold, I can't live w/o the warm sun, but these people god damn y would u even do that to yourself? and they don't have seasons, just winter and summer, the summer is ok, the fall is like for 2 weeks and that's it no beauty at all! Most of the cities are grey and ugly = /
jeesh i am not made for that type of cold AT ALL...

i can stand NY cold but canada NO!!!!!!!!!!!! and NEVER AGAIN

Now im in a place that gets warm/hot but that I can deal with = )

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