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[[Extreme weather]] has been known to hit [[Windsor, Ontario]], and the city is home to several local, national, and international [[weather records]]. They are shown below, organized [[chronology|chronologically]] (by date):
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== 1913 ==
* March 21: The area between Windsor and [[Cobalt, Ontario|Cobalt]] in Ontario was affected by winds gusting up to 150&nbsp;km/h. 7&nbsp;people were killed during the storm which also damaged buildings and uprooted trees.

== 1922 ==
* March 30: 30–40&nbsp;mm freezing rain affected south Ontario from the Windsor area to an area just north of [[Toronto]].

== 1943 ==
* March 8: Temperatures in Windsor, ON drop to {{convert|−19.4|°C|°F|0}}, the coldest March night on record here.

== 1946 ==
* June 17: [[Windsor - Techumseh Tornado of 1946|An F4 tornado]] tracking from near Detroit, Michigan ([[River Rouge, Michigan]]), via Windsor to [[Tecumseh, Ontario]] kills 17 and injures hundreds more. 400 homes in Windsor were damaged or destroyed. This is Canada's third worst killer tornado.

== 1953 ==
* June 20: The highest [[humidex]] reading ever recorded in Windsor (and in Canada until it was surpassed by [[Carman, Manitoba]] in 2007) occurred, hitting 52.1. The temperature was {{convert|37|C}}.

== 1966 ==
* May 10: Lows drop to {{convert|−2.8|°C|°F|0}} in Windsor, ON, the coldest May night on record here.

== 1967 ==
* October 4: Temperatures reach {{convert|28.9|°C|°F|0}} in Windsor, Ontario, the highest temperature recorded across Canada in October 1967.

== 1973 ==
* January 29: Windsor Coldest temperature recorded on record ({{convert|-32.8|°C|°F|0|disp=or}})

== 1974 ==
* April 3: Windsor's costliest disaster, an F3 tornado, hits, as a part of the [[1974 Super Outbreak]].

== 1984 ==
* September 2: 8 tornadoes touch down between Windsor and London, Ontario.

== 1985 ==
* April 7: [[Southern Ontario]] was affected by winds gusting up to 110&nbsp;km/h. Among the consequences were [[Power failure]]s from Windsor to [[Belleville, Ontario|Belleville]], 7&nbsp;people being stranded in a lift at the [[Skylon Tower]] at the [[Niagara Falls, Ontario|Niagara Falls]] when the lift cables were twisted in the wind and the wind combined with pack ice on the [[Welland Canal]] to block the canal stopping shipping traffic.
* May 30: Golf ball size hail in the Windsor and [[Leamington, Ontario|Leamington]] areas of Ontario causing $30–40&nbsp;million damage.

== 1988 ==
* June 25: The temperature hit 40.2&nbsp;°C. At 38.2&nbsp;°C it was also the hottest day on record in [[London, Ontario]], as well.

== 1990 ==
* November 1: Record breaking temperatures spreads much into Southern Ontario bringing the temperature up to 21&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/1990/11/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

== 1991 ==
* July 7–8: See: [[Southern Great Lakes Derecho of 1991]]

== 1995 ==
* July 14: Extreme hot temperatures shattered into much of Southern Ontario and the Great Lakes which saw the mercury in Windsor rise to 38&nbsp;°C. This was all part of the [[1995 Chicago heat wave]] which saw temperature in Chicago rise to 41&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/YqNNKZ8-sjk| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqNNKZ8-sjk| title = TWN Weather Network 1995 50C London Ontario | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/1995/7/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

== 1997 ==
* February 27: 110&nbsp;km/h winds affected the Windsor, ON area damaging buildings, smashing windows and uprooting trees.
* July 2: Windsor is hit by tornadoes, along with [[Metro Detroit]] in the [[Southeast Michigan Tornado Outbreak]].
* August 16: Further rough weather rolls through, with a funnel cloud spotted south of [[Amherstburg, Ontario]], over [[Lake Erie]], causing a [[tornado warning]] for [[Toledo, Ohio]] and [[Wood County, Ohio|Wood County]].

== 1998 ==
* March 22: A spell of snow over [[Southern Ontario]] from Windsor to the [[Ottawa Valley]] that began on the evening of the 20th came to an end. Generally 15–25&nbsp;cm snow fell and in the [[Niagara Peninsula]] more than 35&nbsp;cm snow fell. 19
* March 30: Very unusually warm weather spreads into southern Ontario bringing the temperature in Windsor up to 25&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/1998/3/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>
* December 6: Temperature soars up to 19&nbsp;°C making it one of the warmest Decembers in Southern Ontario on record.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/1998/12/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

== 1999 ==
* September 3: One of Canada's worst road disasters occurred in dense early morning fog which suddenly sprung up near Windsor, Ontario on [[Highway 401 (Ontario)|Highway 401]] just east of Exit 21, reducing visibility to less than 1&nbsp;metre. Out of 87 automobiles and trucks involved, 82 vehicles were destroyed, 8&nbsp;people were killed and 33 others were injured.
* November 9: Very unusually warm late summer, mid-September like mild temperatures broke records across most of Ontario. Temperatures that day in Windsor soars up to 23&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/1999/11/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

== 2000 ==
* February 26: saw temperatures in London, ON reach 17.8&nbsp;°C whilst in Windsor temperatures topped 20&nbsp;°C for the first time on record in February.
* March 7: Temperatures exceeded 25&nbsp;°C in Windsor, [[Sarnia, Ontario|Sarnia]], [[Petrolia, Ontario|Petrolia]] and [[Strathroy, Ontario|Strathroy]] (all in [[Ontario]]). Records show that this is the earliest temperatures over 25&nbsp;°C have been reached here, beating the old record by more than 3 weeks.
* April 20: 94.6&nbsp;mm rain fell in Windsor, Ontario, well above the total average precipitation for the whole month of April (74.9&nbsp;mm). London and Sarnia were also really wet, recording 66.4&nbsp;mm and 51.2&nbsp;mm rain respectively.

== 2001 ==

* August 8: A [[2001 Eastern North America heat wave|heat wave]] invades much of Southern Ontario and northeastern US. Temperature in Windsor rose up to 37&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/2001/8/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>
* December 5: Windsor and much of Southern Ontario saw an unusually mild late September temperatures with the mercury soaring up to 18&nbsp;°C. This was very well known to be one of the warmest Decembers ever recorded in Southern Ontario.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/2001/12/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

== 2002 ==
* February 25: The temperature peaked at 15.1&nbsp;°C in Windsor, Ontario, the highest temperature recorded in the whole of Canada in the whole of February 2002.
* March 26: An early Spring storm brought snow to much of southern Ontario, and some freezing rain to the [[St. Catharines]]/[[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] area. Among the storm snowfall totals was 24.5&nbsp;cm in Cornwall, 15&nbsp;cm in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], 13&nbsp;cm in [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], 12&nbsp;cm in [[Barrie]], 11&nbsp;cm in Windsor, between 7 and 12&nbsp;cm snow fell in Toronto and 8&nbsp;cm in Hamilton.
* April 8 – April 9: Heavy rain on the 8th and 9th (mainly on the 8th) over parts of Ontario knocks out power to 4,000 customers in [[Muskoka District Municipality, Ontario|Muskoka]]. Among the wettest places were Windsor with 31&nbsp;mm and Hamilton with 22&nbsp;mm rain; here it was the wettest weather since January 31. Meanwhile, in [[Wiarton, Ontario|Wiarton]], conditions were much wetter and 41&nbsp;mm rain fell.
* April 11: Temperatures peak at 20.5C in London and 20.7C in Windsor, the warmest weather here since October 25, 2001 when temperatures topped 20&nbsp;°C for the last time. Meanwhile, Medicine Hat reached 17.5&nbsp;°C, the warmest weather here since the first half of November 2001 whilst 17.9&nbsp;°C in Saskatoon was their warmest weather since early October 2001.
* April 16: Temperatures in an area extending from Windsor and London northeastwards across the [[Barrie]], [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] and [[Greater Toronto Area]] areas to [[Ottawa]] reached 28–30&nbsp;°C, the hottest weather in this area since September 9, 2001.

== 2003 ==
* February 23: A major winter storm affected southern and eastern Ontario on the February 22 and 23. 15 to 30&nbsp;cm snow fell across many parts of regions extending from Windsor across Barrie-[[Huronia (region)|Huronia]] and [[Ski country]] into the [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]]/[[Ottawa]] area. Locally as much as 30 to 40&nbsp;cm snow fell and drifts up to 60&nbsp;cm deep were reported. On the morning of the 23rd snow depths included 20&nbsp;cm in Windsor, 17&nbsp;cm in Hamilton, 10–15&nbsp;cm in Kitchener, 26&nbsp;cm in Grand Valley, 28&nbsp;cm in Vaughan, 20–30&nbsp;cm in [[Maple, Ontario|Maple, Northern Toronto]], 20 to 25&nbsp;cm in Barrie, 34&nbsp;cm in Orillia, 25&nbsp;cm in Brampton, 27&nbsp;cm in Minden and 20–37&nbsp;cm in the Ottawa area. The greatest snow depth was 37&nbsp;cm recorded in Franktown, southwest Ottawa. Freezing rain and ice pellets also affected the Niagara region and the north shore of Lake Ontario. Ice accretions as high as 2–4&nbsp;cm were reported in Prince Edward County
* March 3: A cold start across Ontario. Overnight lows fell to −24.7C at Pearson Airport, Toronto, −30.5 in Wiarton, −29.4C in Kitchener, −24.6&nbsp;°C in Hamilton, −34.7&nbsp;°C in Sudbury, −32.3&nbsp;°C in Gore Bay, −31.0&nbsp;°C in Petawawa, −19.7&nbsp;°C in Windsor, −29.2&nbsp;°C in Peterborough and −22.3&nbsp;°C in Sarnia.
* April 28: Summery over southern Ontario and Quebec with temperatures up to 26.4&nbsp;°C in Toronto, 26.1&nbsp;°C in Windsor, 25.1&nbsp;°C in Ottawa, 25.5&nbsp;°C in Sarnia and 24.3C in [[London, Ontario|London]]. [[Montreal]] reached 23.7&nbsp;°C, [[Sherbrooke]] reached 24.3&nbsp;°C and [[Maniwaki, Quebec|Maniwaki]] reached 25.1&nbsp;°C.

== 2006 ==
* October 12: Somewhat unusually cool air allows 0.51&nbsp;cm of snow to fall, just enough to break the old record of the earliest snowfall of the season. The previous record was October 13. The requirements for measurement is 0.25&nbsp;cm or higher. Below that, it would have been measured as a "trace" amount of snow, and would not have been a record.

== 2007 ==
* March 26: Unusually warm air pushes the [[Jet Stream]] far north into the [[Hudson Bay]], causing record high temperatures across much of [[Ontario]], the [[Great Lakes]], [[Midwestern United States]], and [[New England]]. Windsor's old record of 23&nbsp;°C was shattered, reaching a balmy 27&nbsp;°C.

== 2008 ==
*January 7: Unusually warm winter weather peaks at 13&nbsp;°C, breaking the previous local record of 12.8&nbsp;°C set in 1989.

==2009==
*April 24: Windsor and Southern Ontario experience a small heat wave, with temperatures in Windsor reaching 30.7&nbsp;°C.

==2011==
*April 11: Summer-like conditions in Windsor brought temperatures up to 26&nbsp;°C with a humidex of 32&nbsp;°C while temperatures in the rest of Southern Ontario (excluding Southwestern Ontario) only remained in the single digits. Nearby Detroit, Michigan reached 27&nbsp;°C with a humidex of 33&nbsp;°C at one point during the day.
*July 21: One of the worst [[2011 North American heat wave|heat waves]] recorded in North America's history was reported in much of the Midwest and Eastern US and much of Southern Ontario with temperatures in Windsor rising up to 37&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/2011/7/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

==2012==
*July 4 and 17: [[Summer 2012 North American heat wave|Very hot temperatures]] shattered into much of Southern Ontario and eastern US with Windsor temperatures on both of these days climbs up to 38&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/CYQG/2012/7/6/MonthlyCalendar.html?req_city=Windsor&req_state=&req_statename=Ontario&reqdb.zip=00000&reqdb.magic=1&reqdb.wmo=71538 | title=Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions &#124; Weather Underground }}</ref>

==2014==
*January 7: [[Early 2014 North American cold wave|Extreme cold temperatures]] invades much of Southern Canada and Midwest and Northeastern US with windchill temperatures in Windsor plunging down to −39 C, close to all-time low of −42 C.

==2015==
*November 4: Windsor saw a daily record 23.9&nbsp;°C (75.0&nbsp;°F).<ref>http://weatherfanatics.blogspot.ca/2015/11/incredible-november-warmth-for-portions_12.html?m=1 {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2015/11/04/nearly-record-breaking-temps/ | title=Nearly Record Breaking Temps | date=4 November 2015 }}</ref> An unseasonably late summer, mid-September like mild temperatures broke records across most of Ontario between November 3 and 5, 2015. More mild record breaking temperatures were reported a month later around [[Christmas Day]], which most of Ontario saw a "Green Christmas".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/southern-ontario-weather-record-1.3377891| title = Southern Ontario warm-weather sets records for Dec. 23 {{!}} CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2420514/record-breaking-warm-weather-stuns-parts-of-canada-on-christmas-eve/ | title=Record-breaking warm weather stuns parts of Canada on Christmas &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref><ref>http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/snow_model/images/full/National/nsm_depth/201512/nsm_depth_2015122505_National.jpg [http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/snow_model/images/full/National/nsm_depth/201512/]</ref>

==2016==

*May 15: A rare mid-May snow fell in Windsor along with the rest of Southern Ontario and the Great Lakes region. In that overnight, temperature plunges down to the record low of {{convert|0|C|0}}.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/photos-ontarians-unimpressed-with-snow-in-mid-may/67781 | title=News - PHOTOS: Mid-May snow irks Ontarians - the Weather Network }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks]]
* [[List of tornadoes striking downtown areas]]
* [[List of Canadian Tornadoes]]
* [[Windsor, Ontario#Climate|Windsor Ontario: Climate sub-article]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.dandantheweatherman.com/cantriv.html Dan Dan The Weather Man's Canadian Weather Trivia Page]
* [http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caon0759 The Weather Network: Windsor, Ontario]

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