Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako is among the frostiest of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 22.1°C on average. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 37°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 97% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 116 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Burns Lake Decker Lake, 106 km west: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako itself.
A year in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 246 days, 20°C on 65
On about 26 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 590 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; March, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Prince George, 123 km away (Burns Lake Decker Lake records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako
81% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Summer nights stay cool here: no month pairs 17–27°C afternoons with 8°C nights.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 25 days with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 4 days a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burns Lake Decker Lake
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Burns Lake Decker Lake.
| Distance from the town | 106 km west |
| Station altitude | 713 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Prince George, 123 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 4.3 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Prince George, 123 km |
How Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako 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 Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s own would show the same figures). Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 50 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako Burns Lake Decker Lake | 22.1°C | −14.8°C | 590 mm |
| Vanderhoof 50 km · Prince George | 22.6°C 0.5°C warmer | −11.7°C 3.1°C milder | 590 mm |
Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.3°C | −14.8°C | −9.6°C | 50 mm |
| February | −0.2°C | −14.4°C | −7.4°C | 31 mm |
| March | 4.4°C | −9.9°C | −2.8°C | 29 mm |
| April | 10.2°C | −4.6°C | 2.8°C | 37 mm |
| May | 16.3°C | −0.3°C | 8.0°C | 45 mm |
| June | 19.4°C | 3.6°C | 11.5°C | 68 mm |
| July | 22.1°C | 5.2°C | 13.5°C | 64 mm |
| August | 21.3°C | 4.0°C | 12.7°C | 47 mm |
| September | 16.9°C | 0.6°C | 8.8°C | 55 mm |
| October | 8.8°C | −3.0°C | 2.9°C | 66 mm |
| November | 0.8°C | −8.2°C | −3.7°C | 57 mm |
| December | −4.3°C | −14.1°C | −9.3°C | 41 mm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −4.7°C | 2.3°C | 590 mm |
A March here can run from −34.7°C to 21.4°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.7°C of the normal, −7.4°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Burns Lake Decker Lake, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 22.1°C.
How cold does Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −14.8°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako get?
Precipitation totals 590 mm a year, with June the wettest month (68 mm) and March the driest (29 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako itself?
No: they come from Burns Lake Decker Lake, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area C, Bulkley-Nechako →
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