| Comments | Across Canada, July 5-17, 1936. A two-week heat wave starting on July 5, 1936; greater than 32°C in western and central Canada; from southern Saskatchewan to the Ottawa Valley temperatures were higher than 32°C for one and a half weeks; St. Albert, Manitoba reached 44.4°C and Atikokan, Ontario hit 42.2°C; 1,180 people died across Canada; a severe drought also occurred in 1936 (see 1931.002); 120.7 sq km of Saskatchewan timberland burned (see 1936.004). |