Bella Bella 1 sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 2,612 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 19.2°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. Some 17°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 27 days a year at 0°C or below.
Borrowed figures: Bella Bella 1 has no normals station, so these come from Dryad Point, 4.4 km north-east.
A year in Bella Bella 1 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bella Bella 1’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Bella Bella 1 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 27 frosts and 34 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to March; January has the most, about 8.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
2,612 mm of precipitation in a typical year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. 2nd wettest of 256 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 209 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 39 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in December (about 11 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Bella Bella 1
80% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bella Bella 1’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Bella Bella 1’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Dryad Point
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Dryad Point, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 4 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −14.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Boat Bluff, 59 km |
How Bella Bella 1 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 Bella Bella 1’s would only repeat its figures. Bella Bella 1 has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 101 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bella Bella 1 Dryad Point | 19.2°C | 2.2°C | 2,612 mm |
| Bella Coola 1 101 km · Bella Coola | 23.3°C 4.1°C warmer | −2.8°C 5.0°C colder | 1,229 mm |
Bella Bella 1 weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.6°C | 2.2°C | 4.4°C | 262 mm | 10 cm |
| February | 7.3°C | 2.2°C | 4.8°C | 181 mm | 6 cm |
| March | 8.7°C | 2.8°C | 5.8°C | 231 mm | 8 cm |
| April | 11.5°C | 4.9°C | 8.2°C | 197 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 15.1°C | 7.7°C | 11.4°C | 138 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 17.1°C | 10.2°C | 13.7°C | 144 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 19.2°C | 12.1°C | 15.7°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 19.5°C | 12.6°C | 16.1°C | 164 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.0°C | 10.8°C | 14.0°C | 213 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.7°C | 7.5°C | 10.1°C | 332 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.7°C | 4.3°C | 6.5°C | 346 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 6.5°C | 2.4°C | 4.5°C | 285 mm | 11 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 6.7°C | 9.6°C | 2,612 mm | 39 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (1.6°C), October least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −10.0°C in 2003 to 22.5°C in 1994.
Where Bella Bella 1’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Dryad Point, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bella Bella 1’s climate
How warm does Bella Bella 1 get in summer?
On a normal day in August the thermometer climbs to 19.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Bella Bella 1 get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average 2.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Bella Bella 1 get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 2,612 mm; the range runs from 119 mm in July to 346 mm in November.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 4 days a year.
Are these figures for Bella Bella 1 itself?
They describe Dryad Point, the nearest normals location, rather than Bella Bella 1 itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bella Bella 1 →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).