![]() In the northwest, the lowest temperatures of the entire North American continent have been recorded: on February 3, 1947, in Snag, Yukon, almost 600 meters (2,000 feet) above sea level, on the border with Alaska, the temperature dropped to -63 ☌ (-81.5 ☏). Of course, this applies to valleys and hilly areas: high mountains remain obviously cold even in summer. In the northwest, in the provinces of Yukon and Northwest Territories, the climate is strongly continental, with a long, cold winter and an intense summer, during which the daytime temperature can sometimes reach 30 ☌ (86 ☏). Here are the average temperatures of Alert, in the far north (in the Nunavut Province, at a latitude of 82 ° N, near Greenland), where only 155 millimeters (6 inches) of rain or snow fall per year. In Arctic areas, the temperature hovers around freezing or rises a few degrees above, while in subarctic areas, it rises above that value but remains on average below 10 ☌ (50 ☏). The vast Arctic and subarctic regions, from the northern islands to the Hudson Bay, experience only two seasons: a long winter, with night temperatures normally around -30/-35 ☌ (-31/-22 ☏), and three summer months, during which the temperature is around or just above freezing. Arctic and subarctic climate - Alert, Churchill, Northwest, Inuvik.However, southern British Columbia (see Vancouver) is also sunny in summer, and Arctic regions (see Alert) in late spring. The sunniest area is that of the Great Prairies, east of the Rocky Mountains (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan): in cities such as Calgary, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Regina, the sun shines more than 2,300 hours per year. On the east coast (Nova Scotia, Newfoundland), facing the Atlantic Ocean, the influence of the sea is reduced because a cold current, the Labrador Current, flows there. The only exception is, in the south-west, the coast of British Columbia (see Vancouver), facing the Pacific, where the climate is oceanic, cool and rainy for most of the year. In Canada, the climate is arctic in the northernmost areas, subarctic in the central areas, and continental in the south, where the main cities are located.
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