Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Buckingham Heights
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.0°C. A year here swings 20°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 97% of Canadian towns. About 142 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Buckingham Heights’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Vancouver (Harbour), 14 km north-west.
A year in Buckingham Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Buckingham Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Buckingham Heights feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 17 days, 20°C on 87
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at about 6 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,537 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in November, the least in July.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 14 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Vancouver (Harbour) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Vancouver International (Airport), 17 km away.
Heating a home in Buckingham Heights
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. A house here needs less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Buckingham Heights’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Buckingham Heights’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Vancouver (Harbour).
| Distance from the town | 14 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 17 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 17 km |
How Buckingham Heights compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Buckingham Heights’s would only repeat its figures. Buckingham Heights has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–14 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckingham Heights Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| New Westminster 4.0 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
| Delta 14 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Buckingham Heights 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 | 7.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.3°C | 237 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.9°C | 117 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.6°C | 7.6°C | 163 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.9°C | 6.9°C | 10.4°C | 118 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 14.9°C | 19.0°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 14.8°C | 18.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 12.1°C | 15.8°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.6°C | 11.2°C | 157 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.7°C | 5.3°C | 7.5°C | 245 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.2°C | 200 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.5°C | 8.3°C | 11.4°C | 1,537 mm | 37 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 1.5°C, more than any month, and July least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than June, between −2.8°C (2007) and 30.6°C (2015).
Where Buckingham Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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: 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 Buckingham Heights’s climate
How warm does Buckingham Heights get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Buckingham Heights get in winter?
Lows sink to 3.2°C on an average December night.
How much rain and snow does Buckingham Heights get?
The year adds up to 1,537 mm. November is the peak month (245 mm) and July the low one (44 mm).
Are these figures for Buckingham Heights itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Vancouver (Harbour); Buckingham Heights has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Buckingham Heights →
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).