Photo: George Dean · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get more frosts than Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
Expect July afternoons of about 22.1°C. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 97% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 37°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Heating does most of its work from September to May, in months below 10°C on average.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako is Burns Lake Decker Lake, 44 km north, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, 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 E, Bulkley-Nechako feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
246 frost days and 65 days above 20°C a year
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 506 mm a year
October is the wettest month and March the driest. On about 105 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Smithers, 126 km away (Burns Lake Decker Lake records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako
81% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Even midsummer nights fall below 8°C on average, so no month meets the mild-day rule of 17–27°C by day.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 25 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
About 4 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burns Lake Decker Lake
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Burns Lake Decker Lake, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 44 km north |
| Station altitude | 713 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Smithers, 126 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 | Smithers, 126 km |
How Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 109–130 km from Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako Burns Lake Decker Lake | 22.1°C | −14.8°C | 506 mm |
| Telkwa 109 km · Smithers | 21.8°C about the same | −10.9°C 3.9°C milder | 506 mm |
| Vanderhoof 122 km · Prince George | 22.6°C 0.5°C warmer | −11.7°C 3.1°C milder | 590 mm |
Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.3°C | −14.8°C | −9.6°C | 42 mm |
| February | −0.2°C | −14.4°C | −7.4°C | 24 mm |
| March | 4.4°C | −9.9°C | −2.8°C | 20 mm |
| April | 10.2°C | −4.6°C | 2.8°C | 27 mm |
| May | 16.3°C | −0.3°C | 8.0°C | 39 mm |
| June | 19.4°C | 3.6°C | 11.5°C | 51 mm |
| July | 22.1°C | 5.2°C | 13.5°C | 44 mm |
| August | 21.3°C | 4.0°C | 12.7°C | 45 mm |
| September | 16.9°C | 0.6°C | 8.8°C | 49 mm |
| October | 8.8°C | −3.0°C | 2.9°C | 66 mm |
| November | 0.8°C | −8.2°C | −3.7°C | 54 mm |
| December | −4.3°C | −14.1°C | −9.3°C | 44 mm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −4.7°C | 2.3°C | 506 mm |
March has run from −34.7°C to 21.4°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 3.7°C around its normal of −7.4°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Burns Lake Decker Lake: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.1°C.
How cold does Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −14.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako get?
Some 506 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in October (66 mm), the least in March (20 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako itself?
They come from Burns Lake Decker Lake, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, Bulkley-Nechako →
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).