Climate and weather averages
What Vancouver's weather is normally like, month by month, from the official Environment Canada climate normals.
A climate normal is a thirty-year average, not a forecast and not last year. Comparing a normal against today’s weather is how you tell whether a day is unusual for the time of year. This page uses the 1981-2010 normals for VANCOUVER INT'L A (Vancouver International Airport).
The year at a glance
Month by month
| Month | Mean °C | Daily high °C | Daily low °C | Rain mm | Snow cm | Precip mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 157 | 11 | 168 |
| February | 4.9 | 8.2 | 1.6 | 99 | 6 | 105 |
| March | 6.9 | 10.3 | 3.4 | 112 | 2 | 114 |
| April | 9.4 | 13.2 | 5.6 | 88 | 0 | 89 |
| May | 12.8 | 16.7 | 8.8 | 65 | 0 | 65 |
| June | 15.7 | 19.6 | 11.7 | 54 | 0 | 54 |
| July | 18.0 | 22.1 | 13.7 | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| August | 18.0 | 22.2 | 13.8 | 37 | 0 | 37 |
| September | 14.9 | 18.9 | 10.8 | 51 | 0 | 51 |
| October | 10.3 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 121 | 0 | 121 |
| November | 6.3 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 186 | 3 | 189 |
| December | 3.6 | 6.3 | 0.8 | 148 | 15 | 162 |
The same station records an average of 1,938 hours of bright sunshine a year, and 169 days a year with measurable precipitation. Sunshine is measured with a recorder rather than estimated from cloud cover, which is why some stations — Halifax among them — do not publish it.
Frost and the growing season
The frost-free period averages 237 days a year at this station. The last frost of spring falls around day 77 of the year and the first frost of autumn around day 314. Days are counted from 1 January.
Official sources
- Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010 — VANCOUVER INT'L A
- Environment Canada — current conditions and forecast
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