Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −11.7°C. About 184 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 73% of Canadian towns. Some 34°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Prince George, 80 km east, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area F, 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 F, Bulkley-Nechako feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 184 days, 20°C on 75
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. On about 17 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
590 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and March the driest. About 116 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 204 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 53 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 64% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 22 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 7 September, about 107 days later.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 27 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 5 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Prince George
ECCC builds the Prince George normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 80 km east |
| Station altitude | 691 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 10.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Quesnel, 138 km |
How Electoral Area F, 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 F, Bulkley-Nechako’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 57 km from Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako Prince George | 22.6°C | −11.7°C | 590 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Bulkley-Nechako 57 km · Burns Lake Decker Lake | 22.1°C 0.5°C cooler | −14.8°C 3.1°C colder | 590 mm |
Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako 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 | −3.9°C | −11.7°C | −7.8°C | 50 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −0.7°C | −10.0°C | −5.4°C | 31 mm | 26 cm |
| March | 4.8°C | −6.2°C | −0.7°C | 29 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 11.1°C | −1.3°C | 4.9°C | 37 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 3.3°C | 10.3°C | 45 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 7.2°C | 13.7°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.6°C | 9.1°C | 15.9°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.2°C | 8.0°C | 15.1°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.9°C | 4.0°C | 10.4°C | 55 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −0.6°C | 4.4°C | 66 mm | 10 cm |
| November | 1.3°C | −5.5°C | −2.1°C | 57 mm | 35 cm |
| December | −3.0°C | −10.3°C | −6.7°C | 41 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | −1.2°C | 4.3°C | 590 mm | 204 cm |
January has run from −46.1°C to 11.3°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 4.4°C from −5.4°C. July moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Prince George: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako get in summer?
Afternoons average 22.6°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −11.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako get?
The yearly total is about 590 mm. June gets 68 mm, the most of any month; March gets 29 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 120 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako itself?
They are the figures for Prince George, which read better as the region’s climate than Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako →
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