How extreme does Prince George's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Prince George has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 48 years of daily weather observations (1977–present), from the Prince George station 6 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Prince George has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

100°F Jun 28, 2021

That is about 32°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Prince George (typical high near 68°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 100°F Jun 28, 2021recent

2 99°F Jun 29, 2021

3 98°F Jun 27, 2021

❄️ Coldest night

-51°F Jan 9, 1991

About 61°F colder than a normal January night in Prince George (typical low near 10°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 -51°F Jan 9, 1991

2 -48°F Dec 30, 1984

3 -48°F Dec 31, 1984

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.34 in Mar 22, 1982

More rain in a single day than Prince George usually gets in the whole month of March (typical March total about 1.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.34 in Mar 22, 1982

2 4.34 in Mar 28, 1982

3 4.34 in Sep 3, 1982

⛄ Most snow in one day

6.7 in Oct 25, 2009

Top recorded days

1 6.7 in Oct 25, 2009

2 4.8 in Oct 29, 2009

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

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Prince George's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 100°F is about 32°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Prince George's warmest days reach the mid-70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the low 10s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 100°F and as low as −51°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain or close to 7 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Prince George Stp, a weather station, about 4 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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