Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 4.0Blind Bay has some of the warmest summer afternoons among Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −5.6°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 34°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 93% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Blind Bay has no normals station, so these come from Salmon Arm, 21 km south-east.
A year in Blind Bay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Blind Bay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Blind Bay feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
127 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 27 nights). About 26 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
654 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in November, the least in August. About 121 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 203 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 71 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Blind Bay
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Blind Bay’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 28 April to 6 October without frost, around 160 days in all.
For long days outdoors, Jun bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 5 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 46 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Blind Bay’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Salmon Arm
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Salmon Arm are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 21 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 527 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −27.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.9°C |
| Average wind | 4.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Vernon, 67 km |
How Blind Bay compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Blind Bay’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 36–50 km from Blind Bay.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind Bay Salmon Arm | 28.3°C | −5.6°C | 654 mm |
| Sun Peaks Mountain 36 km · Kamloops | 29.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −5.7°C about the same | 273 mm |
| Armstrong 48 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C 0.8°C colder | 447 mm |
Blind Bay weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C | −5.6°C | −2.6°C | 78 mm | 69 cm |
| February | 3.3°C | −5.1°C | −0.9°C | 37 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 9.3°C | −1.5°C | 3.9°C | 39 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.3°C | 8.9°C | 41 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 21.1°C | 7.0°C | 14.1°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 10.5°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.3°C | 12.8°C | 20.6°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.6°C | 11.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 7.5°C | 14.5°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.8°C | 2.6°C | 7.7°C | 61 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −1.2°C | 2.2°C | 83 mm | 28 cm |
| December | 0.9°C | −4.9°C | −2.1°C | 78 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 14.2°C | 3.0°C | 8.6°C | 654 mm | 203 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (2.9°C), August least
Over 1991–2020, November saw both −25.7°C (2006) and 17.8°C (2016), the widest span of any month.
Where Blind Bay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Salmon Arm, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Blind Bay’s climate
How warm does Blind Bay get in summer?
Afternoons average 28.3°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Blind Bay get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −5.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Blind Bay get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 654 mm a year; November leads with 83 mm and August trails with 35 mm.
Are these figures for Blind Bay itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Salmon Arm, outside Blind Bay.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Blind Bay →
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).