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Weather extremes
How extreme does Fort McMurray's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Fort McMurray has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Fort McMurray has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 33°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Fort McMurray (typical high near 71°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 39°F colder than a normal January night in Fort McMurray (typical low near -7°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Fort McMurray usually gets in the whole month of July (typical July total about 3.0 in).
The three most extreme on record
About 72% of a typical January's snow in a single day (Fort McMurray averages roughly 10 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Fort McMurray's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 104°F is about 33°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
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Fort Mcmurray CS, a weather station, about 13 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.