Unreal? Temperature Extreme | Vancouver Coldest Winter Day in 5 Decades December 27 2021

The coldest temperature ever recorded in the city was −18.3 °C (−0.9 °F) on December 29, 1968. The coldest temperature across Metro Vancouver, however, is −23.3 °C (−10 °F) recorded on January 23, 1969.

Vancouver experiences coldest temperature recorded in half a century a daily low of -15.3°C at YVR Vancouver International Airport on December 27 2021. According to The Weather Network, this is the coldest temperature the city has recorded in 52 years.

Other temperature records broken in British Columbia, according to Environment Canada's preliminary data include:

Abbotsford area – new record of -12.4, old record of -11.9 set in 2008
Agassiz area – new record of -14.2, old record of -11.1 set in 1937
Bella Bella area – new record of -15.2, old record of -5.7 set in 2012
Bella Coola area – new record of -18.9, old record of -17.2 set in 1937
Burns Lake area – new record of -39, old record of -37.6 set in 1996
Esquimalt area – new record of -8.7, old record of -5.4 set in 1996
Estevan Point area – new record of -6, old record of -4.5 set in 1996
Fort Nelson area – new record of -40.6, old record of -40 set in 1961
Gibsons area – new record of -8, old record of -6 set in 1996
Gonzales point area – new record of -8.7, old record of -5.4 set in 1996
Hope area – new record of -15.7, old record of -13.9 set in 1971
Malahat area – new record of -11.1, old record of -8.5 set in 1996
Port Alberni area – new record of -13.3, old record of -10 set in 1971
Port Hardy area – new record of -11.5, old record of -7.8 set in 1971
Prince Rupert area – new record of -17.8, old record of -15.6 set in 1968
Sandspit area – new record of -6.8, old record of -6.1 set in 1955
Sechelt area – new record of -8, old record of -5 set in 1971
Smithers area – new record of -36.5, old record of -36.1 set in 1971
Summerland area – new record of -19.5, old record of -17.8 set in 1948
Victoria Harbour area – new record of -8.7, old record of -5.4 set in 1996