Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Cape Race (Aut) (CA008401000), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, with 107 years of record.
Key Facts for Cape Race (Aut)
Cape Race (Aut) (CA008401000) is a weather station in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada at 46.67 latitude and -53.08 longitude, 27 m (89 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1920 to 2026, 107 years of record.
1,464 records set at Cape Race (Aut) still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Cape Race (Aut) tied a daily record low maximum temperature of 8.3 C (46.9 F) on 3 July 1969.
About the Station
Location: Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, 46.67 latitude, -53.08 longitude.
Elevation: 27 m (89 ft).
Period of record: 1920 to 2026, 107 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Cape Race (Aut). 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 Cape Race (Aut), with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
10.6 C (51.1 F)
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
9.4 C (48.9 F)
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
9.4 C (48.9 F)
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
20.0 C (68.0 F)
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
27.8 C (82.0 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
27.8 C (82.0 F)
0.6 C (33.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
22.2 C (72.0 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
15.0 C (59.0 F)
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
12.2 C (54.0 F)
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Cape Race (Aut) still stand. 1923 holds the most, with 69.
Standing records at Cape Race (Aut) by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1920
7
1921
46
1922
48
1923
69
1924
28
1925
44
1926
35
1927
31
1928
41
1929
24
1930
40
1931
41
1932
32
1933
37
1934
38
1935
28
1936
32
1937
64
1938
48
1939
33
1940
21
1941
30
1942
28
1943
31
1944
24
1945
23
1946
23
1947
26
1948
40
1949
26
1950
22
1951
55
1952
19
1953
13
1954
25
1955
22
1956
27
1957
21
1958
27
1959
31
1960
20
1961
26
1962
43
1963
29
1964
23
1965
17
1966
2
1968
1
1969
3
All-Time Record Progression
2 new records
2 all-time records were set at Cape Race (Aut) between 30 December 1963 and 9 January 1966. Each dot is a new record.
When Cape Race (Aut) set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1963-12-30
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 55.6 cm (21.9 in)
1966-01-09
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 56.4 cm (22.2 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Aug: 157.2 mm (6.2 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Cape Race (Aut). The most was 157.2 mm (6.2 in) on 15 August 1943.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Cape Race (Aut)
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
10 January 1942
Feb
49.8 mm (2.0 in)
12 February 1921
Mar
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
10 March 1954
Apr
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
21 April 1946
May
70.6 mm (2.8 in)
30 May 1936
Jun
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
6 June 1937
Jul
84.8 mm (3.3 in)
29 July 1945
Aug
157.2 mm (6.2 in)
15 August 1943
Sep
98.0 mm (3.9 in)
7 September 1952
Oct
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
18 October 1958
Nov
69.1 mm (2.7 in)
1 November 1953
Dec
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
3 December 1937
Period of Record Coverage
1920 to 1969
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
49 years of record at Cape Race (Aut), 1920 to 1969. 6 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1920, 1932, 1933, 1966, 1968, 1969.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 40 complete years at Cape Race (Aut), 1921 to 1965. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 4.2 C (39.6 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1923, at 3.1 C (37.5 F), and the warmest was 1951, at 5.7 C (42.2 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.5 C (2.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Cape Race (Aut) as warming stripes, 1921 to 1965
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1921
3.3 C
-0.87 C
1922
3.3 C
-0.87 C
1923
3.1 C
-1.14 C
1925
4.4 C
+0.16 C
1926
4.1 C
-0.09 C
1927
4.6 C
+0.42 C
1928
4.7 C
+0.47 C
1929
4.2 C
-0.04 C
1930
5.0 C
+0.76 C
1931
5.3 C
+1.11 C
1934
4.3 C
+0.09 C
1935
4.2 C
+0.00 C
1936
4.6 C
+0.36 C
1937
5.0 C
+0.82 C
1938
4.3 C
+0.09 C
1939
3.3 C
-0.93 C
1940
4.3 C
+0.05 C
1941
3.1 C
-1.12 C
1942
4.9 C
+0.66 C
1943
4.0 C
-0.22 C
1944
4.4 C
+0.14 C
1945
4.1 C
-0.13 C
1946
4.3 C
+0.09 C
1947
3.8 C
-0.41 C
1948
3.1 C
-1.12 C
1949
4.2 C
+0.02 C
1950
4.0 C
-0.17 C
1951
5.7 C
+1.44 C
1953
5.0 C
+0.74 C
1954
4.3 C
+0.05 C
1956
4.4 C
+0.15 C
1957
3.7 C
-0.50 C
1958
5.1 C
+0.87 C
1959
3.6 C
-0.58 C
1960
4.8 C
+0.57 C
1961
4.3 C
+0.13 C
1962
4.0 C
-0.25 C
1963
4.1 C
-0.07 C
1964
3.6 C
-0.65 C
1965
4.0 C
-0.20 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1921 to 1965 is 0.03 C (-0.13 to 0.18) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: 0.05 F (-0.23 to 0.32) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 40 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Cape Race (Aut)
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.03 C (-0.13 to 0.18) per decade
0.05 F (-0.23 to 0.32) per decade
1921 to 1965
40
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.1) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.5 to 0.1) per decade
1921 to 1965
40
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.16 C (0.00 to 0.31) per decade
0.28 F (0.01 to 0.56) per decade
1921 to 1965
40
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1920 to 1969
Yearly extremes at Cape Race (Aut): the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1944
23.9 C (75.0 F)
49
Coldest night (TNn)
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1921
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
49
Wettest day (Rx1day)
157.2 mm (6.2 in)
1943
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
49
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
210.6 mm (8.3 in)
1943
89.5 mm (3.5 in)
49
Longest dry spell (CDD)
24 days
1947
12 days
49
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Cape Race (Aut), 1920 to 1969. The record is 27.8 C (82.0 F) in 1944, marked on the chart; the median year is 23.9 C (75.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Cape Race (Aut) by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1920
14.4 C (57.9 F)
1921
22.2 C (72.0 F)
1922
24.4 C (75.9 F)
1923
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1924
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1925
25.6 C (78.1 F)
1926
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1927
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1928
22.2 C (72.0 F)
1929
25.0 C (77.0 F)
1930
25.6 C (78.1 F)
1931
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1932
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1933
26.7 C (80.1 F)
1934
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1935
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1936
21.7 C (71.1 F)
1937
24.4 C (75.9 F)
1938
25.6 C (78.1 F)
1939
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1940
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1941
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1942
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1943
25.0 C (77.0 F)
1944
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1945
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1946
20.6 C (69.1 F)
1947
27.8 C (82.0 F)
1948
22.8 C (73.0 F)
1949
24.4 C (75.9 F)
1950
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1951
22.2 C (72.0 F)
1952
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1953
26.7 C (80.1 F)
1954
21.7 C (71.1 F)
1955
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1956
21.7 C (71.1 F)
1957
24.4 C (75.9 F)
1958
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1959
24.4 C (75.9 F)
1960
23.9 C (75.0 F)
1961
25.0 C (77.0 F)
1962
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1963
25.0 C (77.0 F)
1964
21.1 C (70.0 F)
1965
23.3 C (73.9 F)
1966
3.3 C (37.9 F)
1968
10.0 C (50.0 F)
1969
22.2 C (72.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Cape Race (Aut), 1920 to 1969. The record is -26.1 C (-15.0 F) in 1921, marked on the chart; the median year is -18.9 C (-2.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Cape Race (Aut) by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1920
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1921
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1922
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1923
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1924
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1925
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1926
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1927
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1928
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1929
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1930
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1931
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1932
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1933
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1934
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1935
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1936
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1937
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1938
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1939
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1940
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1941
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1942
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1943
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1944
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1945
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1946
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1947
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1948
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1949
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1950
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1951
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1952
-18.3 C (-0.9 F)
1953
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1954
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1955
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1956
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1957
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1958
-11.7 C (10.9 F)
1959
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1960
-16.7 C (1.9 F)
1961
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1962
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1963
-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1964
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1965
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1966
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1968
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1969
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Cape Race (Aut), 1920 to 1969. The record is 157.2 mm (6.2 in) in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 54.6 mm (2.1 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Cape Race (Aut) by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1920
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1921
49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1922
42.7 mm (1.7 in)
1923
57.4 mm (2.3 in)
1924
47.0 mm (1.9 in)
1925
52.1 mm (2.1 in)
1926
48.8 mm (1.9 in)
1927
41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1928
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1929
82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1930
48.5 mm (1.9 in)
1931
47.8 mm (1.9 in)
1932
57.9 mm (2.3 in)
1933
105.2 mm (4.1 in)
1934
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1935
70.4 mm (2.8 in)
1936
70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1937
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1938
46.2 mm (1.8 in)
1939
63.0 mm (2.5 in)
1940
54.9 mm (2.2 in)
1941
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
1942
88.1 mm (3.5 in)
1943
157.2 mm (6.2 in)
1944
80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1945
109.0 mm (4.3 in)
1946
60.7 mm (2.4 in)
1947
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1948
42.9 mm (1.7 in)
1949
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1950
53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1951
56.1 mm (2.2 in)
1952
98.0 mm (3.9 in)
1953
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1954
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1955
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1956
54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1957
74.9 mm (2.9 in)
1958
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1959
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1960
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1961
58.7 mm (2.3 in)
1962
52.6 mm (2.1 in)
1963
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1964
55.4 mm (2.2 in)
1965
46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1966
49.8 mm (2.0 in)
1968
38.6 mm (1.5 in)
1969
39.1 mm (1.5 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Cape Race (Aut), 1920 to 1969. The record is 210.6 mm (8.3 in) in 1943, marked on the chart; the median year is 89.5 mm (3.5 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Cape Race (Aut) by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1920
50.3 mm (2.0 in)
1921
100.9 mm (4.0 in)
1922
72.6 mm (2.9 in)
1923
90.4 mm (3.6 in)
1924
78.2 mm (3.1 in)
1925
82.1 mm (3.2 in)
1926
66.0 mm (2.6 in)
1927
57.5 mm (2.3 in)
1928
87.7 mm (3.5 in)
1929
100.3 mm (3.9 in)
1930
90.4 mm (3.6 in)
1931
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1932
70.9 mm (2.8 in)
1933
117.9 mm (4.6 in)
1934
95.3 mm (3.8 in)
1935
138.7 mm (5.5 in)
1936
99.8 mm (3.9 in)
1937
105.4 mm (4.1 in)
1938
72.9 mm (2.9 in)
1939
105.9 mm (4.2 in)
1940
89.5 mm (3.5 in)
1941
89.1 mm (3.5 in)
1942
112.5 mm (4.4 in)
1943
210.6 mm (8.3 in)
1944
155.6 mm (6.1 in)
1945
118.6 mm (4.7 in)
1946
90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1947
83.5 mm (3.3 in)
1948
94.0 mm (3.7 in)
1949
84.8 mm (3.3 in)
1950
56.8 mm (2.2 in)
1951
77.4 mm (3.0 in)
1952
130.9 mm (5.2 in)
1953
101.4 mm (4.0 in)
1954
86.3 mm (3.4 in)
1955
88.7 mm (3.5 in)
1956
112.0 mm (4.4 in)
1957
136.6 mm (5.4 in)
1958
120.2 mm (4.7 in)
1959
90.2 mm (3.6 in)
1960
89.4 mm (3.5 in)
1961
90.7 mm (3.6 in)
1962
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1963
87.9 mm (3.5 in)
1964
101.6 mm (4.0 in)
1965
62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1966
77.5 mm (3.1 in)
1968
67.3 mm (2.6 in)
1969
65.2 mm (2.6 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Cape Race (Aut), 1920 to 1969. The record is 24 days in 1947, marked on the chart; the median year is 12 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Cape Race (Aut) by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1920
7 days
1921
9 days
1922
15 days
1923
17 days
1924
15 days
1925
12 days
1926
12 days
1927
11 days
1928
14 days
1929
11 days
1930
14 days
1931
10 days
1932
14 days
1933
12 days
1934
10 days
1935
9 days
1936
7 days
1937
9 days
1938
9 days
1939
11 days
1940
14 days
1941
15 days
1942
10 days
1943
12 days
1944
10 days
1945
8 days
1946
11 days
1947
24 days
1948
11 days
1949
10 days
1950
16 days
1951
14 days
1952
12 days
1953
14 days
1954
14 days
1955
11 days
1956
12 days
1957
10 days
1958
19 days
1959
14 days
1960
13 days
1961
13 days
1962
12 days
1963
16 days
1964
8 days
1965
11 days
1966
3 days
1968
6 days
1969
9 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.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
40 years with a frost
Across 40 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Cape Race (Aut) falls on 3 June and the median first autumn frost on 5 October, which leaves a median of 127 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -3.4 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Cape Race (Aut)
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1934 to 1965)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
3 June
n/a
4 June
n/a
+2.0 days per decade
First autumn frost
5 October
n/a
7 October
n/a
-1.4 days per decade
Growing days
127 days
n/a
127 days
n/a
-3.4 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
43 years, 1921 to 1965
A day with at least 57.7 mm (2.3 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 163.3 mm (6.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Cape Race (Aut): the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
57.7 mm (2.3 in)
5 years
75.7 mm (3.0 in)
10 years
90.9 mm (3.6 in)
25 years
114.9 mm (4.5 in)
50 years
137.0 mm (5.4 in)
Longer than the 43 years of record
100 years
163.3 mm (6.4 in)
Longer than the 43 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 43 years of values from 1921 to 1965.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 157.2 mm (6.2 in) in 1943; 109.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1945; 105.2 mm (4.1 in) in 1933.
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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 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.