Photo: Historyted at English Wikipedia · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Armstrong
January nights here settle around −6.4°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 89% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in March. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Armstrong has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Vernon, 22 km south.
A year in Armstrong at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Armstrong’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Armstrong feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
135 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. About 29 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
447 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 97 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
93 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 31 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Armstrong
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Homes here need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Armstrong’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plan time outside for Jun and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Roughly 6 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 37 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Armstrong: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vernon
Vernon is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 22 km south |
| Station altitude | 427 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Salmon Arm, 28 km |
How Armstrong compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Armstrong’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Vernon | 28.4°C | −6.4°C | 447 mm |
| Spallumcheen 3.5 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C about the same | 447 mm |
| Enderby 13 km · Salmon Arm | 28.3°C about the same | −5.6°C 0.8°C milder | 654 mm |
Armstrong weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.5°C | −6.4°C | −3.5°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 2.8°C | −5.0°C | −1.1°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.0°C | −1.2°C | 3.9°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.3°C | 8.7°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.9°C | 6.8°C | 13.9°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.2°C | 17.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.4°C | 12.7°C | 20.6°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.9°C | 12.1°C | 20.0°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.9°C | 7.6°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −1.8°C | 1.4°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | −0.2°C | −5.8°C | −3.0°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 2.9°C | 8.4°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.8°C; April the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than February, between −28.0°C (1996) and 13.8°C (2016).
Where Armstrong’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Vernon: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Armstrong’s climate
How warm does Armstrong get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 28.4°C.
How cold does Armstrong get in winter?
Expect nights around −6.4°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Armstrong get?
About 447 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (55 mm) and March the driest (25 mm).
Are these figures for Armstrong itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Vernon; Armstrong has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Armstrong →
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