Waterton Park HQ Weather Records (CA003057240)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Waterton Park HQ (CA003057240), Alberta, Canada, with 30 years of record.

Key Facts for Waterton Park HQ

Waterton Park HQ (CA003057240) is a weather station in Alberta, Canada at 49.05 latitude and -113.92 longitude, 1,280 m (4,199 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1944 to 1973, 30 years of record.
726 records set at Waterton Park HQ still stand.
Records are tracked for no element yet: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.

About the Station

Location: Alberta, Canada, 49.05 latitude, -113.92 longitude.
Elevation: 1,280 m (4,199 ft).
Period of record: 1944 to 1973, 30 years.
Eligible elements: none yet.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Waterton Park HQ. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Waterton Park HQ, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Feb	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mar	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Apr	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
May	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jun	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Jul	31.7 C (89.1 F)	5.6 C (42.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	35.0 C (95.0 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	25.6 C (78.1 F)	-4.4 C (24.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	22.2 C (72.0 F)	-14.4 C (6.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	13.3 C (55.9 F)	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	7.8 C (46.0 F)	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

726 standing records

726 records at Waterton Park HQ still stand. 1961 holds the most, with 726.

Wettest Day of Each Month

Nov: 73.7 mm (2.9 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Waterton Park HQ. The most was 73.7 mm (2.9 in) on 17 November 1946.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Waterton Park HQ
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	5 January 1965
Feb	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	10 February 1951
Mar	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	31 March 1945
Apr	55.6 mm (2.2 in)	30 April 1951
May	71.9 mm (2.8 in)	25 May 1953
Jun	72.1 mm (2.8 in)	23 June 1951
Jul	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	28 July 1948
Aug	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	13 August 1944
Sep	42.4 mm (1.7 in)	8 September 1970
Oct	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	17 October 1949
Nov	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	17 November 1946
Dec	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	3 December 1956

Period of Record Coverage

1961 to 1961

1 years of record at Waterton Park HQ, 1961 to 1961. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1961.

Latest Records

No records were set at this station in the latest data.

Extremes by Year

1944 to 1973

Yearly extremes at Waterton Park HQ: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1961	35.0 C (95.0 F)	1
Coldest night (TNn)	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1961	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)	1
Wettest day (Rx1day)	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	1946	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	30
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	152.4 mm (6.0 in)	1946	94.5 mm (3.7 in)	30
Longest dry spell (CDD)	57 days	1969	20 days	30

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Waterton Park HQ, 1944 to 1973. The record is 35.0 C (95.0 F) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 35.0 C (95.0 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Waterton Park HQ by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Waterton Park HQ, 1944 to 1973. The record is -29.4 C (-20.9 F) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is -29.4 C (-20.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Waterton Park HQ by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1944	n/a
1945	n/a
1946	n/a
1947	n/a
1948	n/a
1949	n/a
1950	n/a
1951	n/a
1952	n/a
1953	n/a
1954	n/a
1955	n/a
1956	n/a
1957	n/a
1958	n/a
1959	n/a
1960	n/a
1961	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1962	n/a
1963	n/a
1964	n/a
1965	n/a
1966	n/a
1967	n/a
1968	n/a
1969	n/a
1970	n/a
1971	n/a
1972	n/a
1973	n/a

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Waterton Park HQ, 1944 to 1973. The record is 73.7 mm (2.9 in) in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 45.2 mm (1.8 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Waterton Park HQ by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1944	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1945	39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1946	73.7 mm (2.9 in)
1947	41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1948	60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1949	48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1950	36.6 mm (1.4 in)
1951	72.1 mm (2.8 in)
1952	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1953	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1954	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1955	33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1956	43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1957	51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1958	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1959	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1960	37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1961	43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1962	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1963	50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1964	33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1965	55.9 mm (2.2 in)
1966	40.6 mm (1.6 in)
1967	45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1968	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1969	69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1970	68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1971	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1972	44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1973	22.1 mm (0.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Waterton Park HQ, 1944 to 1973. The record is 152.4 mm (6.0 in) in 1946, marked on the chart; the median year is 94.5 mm (3.7 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Waterton Park HQ by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1944	57.6 mm (2.3 in)
1945	112.6 mm (4.4 in)
1946	152.4 mm (6.0 in)
1947	103.0 mm (4.1 in)
1948	145.8 mm (5.7 in)
1949	64.8 mm (2.6 in)
1950	117.4 mm (4.6 in)
1951	121.1 mm (4.8 in)
1952	55.3 mm (2.2 in)
1953	133.3 mm (5.2 in)
1954	104.1 mm (4.1 in)
1955	59.9 mm (2.4 in)
1956	92.8 mm (3.7 in)
1957	82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1958	96.6 mm (3.8 in)
1959	83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1960	74.7 mm (2.9 in)
1961	71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1962	61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1963	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1964	60.9 mm (2.4 in)
1965	91.5 mm (3.6 in)
1966	138.4 mm (5.4 in)
1967	110.5 mm (4.4 in)
1968	96.2 mm (3.8 in)
1969	143.3 mm (5.6 in)
1970	122.6 mm (4.8 in)
1971	86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1972	116.7 mm (4.6 in)
1973	53.5 mm (2.1 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Waterton Park HQ, 1944 to 1973. The record is 57 days in 1969, marked on the chart; the median year is 20 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Waterton Park HQ by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1944	18 days
1945	21 days
1946	16 days
1947	11 days
1948	30 days
1949	21 days
1950	16 days
1951	14 days
1952	17 days
1953	25 days
1954	13 days
1955	45 days
1956	27 days
1957	20 days
1958	18 days
1959	29 days
1960	28 days
1961	17 days
1962	20 days
1963	21 days
1964	14 days
1965	23 days
1966	11 days
1967	34 days
1968	13 days
1969	57 days
1970	25 days
1971	14 days
1972	32 days
1973	8 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Download the Data

Data for Waterton Park HQ standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Waterton Park HQ threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).