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Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a sheet which contains ten maps in all, comprising sets of five maps for each of January and July. Each set consists of a large map showing mean daily temperature and its variability, and four small maps showing mean daily maximum or minimum when the month is either unusually hot or cold.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1995) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate with two maps. The first map shows solar radiation and its variability recorded on a horizontal surface. The second map shows solar radiation recorded on inclined surfaces.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1995) of the Atlas of Canada is a sheet which contains four maps at the same scale (1:12 500 000) utilizing 26 coloured categories of solar radiation. For each of April and October, one map shows solar radiation and its variability on a horizontal surface, a second shows solar radiation on inclined surfaces.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with seven maps. The first maps shows mean annual precipitation for Canada. Four additional maps shows mean annual precipitation for four separate months. The final two maps show mean growing season precipitation and mean number of days with measurable precipitation.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a plate with seven maps. The first map shows mean annual snowfall in Canada. Four additional maps show median snow depth for four separate months. The final two maps show snow cover and maximum snow depth.

Contained within the 3rd Edition (1957) of the Atlas of Canada is a plate that shows four maps of the mean daily temperatures for January, April, July and October averaged over the 30 year period, circa 1921-1950. The mean temperature for any day is the average of the maximum and minimum temperatures for that day. The mean daily temperature for any month is the average of the mean temperatures for each day of that month.

The map shows the mean daily maximum temperatures for October. Much of southern Canada experiences maximum temperatures in October above 10°C, whereas maximum temperatures across most of the northern territories are below zero. Only the southern portions of the Yukon and the Northwest Territories have maximum temperatures in October that exceed 0ºC.

The map shows the mean daily minimum temperatures for October. In October, longer nights and a return to below-freezing minimum temperatures is evident across most of Canada except for coastal British Columbia, southern Ontario and Quebec and most of the Atlantic Provinces. Normal minimum temperatures in October of -10°C or colder are prevalent across most of Nunavut, the Mackenzie Delta and the northern Yukon.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1995) of the Atlas of Canada is a sheet with four maps. The first map shows the average annual river flow for major rivers and has adjacent graphs showing average monthly runoff for 14 selected rivers. The map is coloured by oceanic drainage areas and also shows major drainage divides and diversions. The other three maps are 1:30 000 000 inset maps of Canada: average annual 7-day low flow, average annual peak flow, and average annual runoff.

Contained within the 5th Edition (1978 to 1995) of the National Atlas of Canada is a map that shows the average date of occurrence of the first frost in autumn. The Data is for the period of 1941-1970.