Burnaby Mountain sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for frosts
Sunny July days climb to about 23.0°C. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 97% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Burnaby Mountain has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Vancouver (Harbour), 15 km west.
A year in Burnaby Mountain at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Burnaby Mountain’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Burnaby Mountain feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 17 frosts and 87 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to March; January has the most, about 6.
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
Some 142 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 22 km away.
Heating a home in Burnaby Mountain
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Burnaby Mountain’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Burnaby Mountain’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 15 km west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 22 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Pitt Meadows, 18 km |
How Burnaby Mountain 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 Burnaby Mountain’s own would show the same figures).
Burnaby Mountain weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
A June here can run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±1.5°C around 5.3°C), July the one that wanders least (±0.8°C).
Where Burnaby Mountain’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Burnaby Mountain’s climate
How warm does Burnaby Mountain get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.0°C.
How cold does Burnaby Mountain get in winter?
The coldest nights come in December, averaging 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Burnaby Mountain get?
Count on roughly 1,537 mm a year, heaviest in November (245 mm) and lightest in July (44 mm).
Are these figures for Burnaby Mountain itself?
No, the station behind them is Vancouver (Harbour), beyond Burnaby Mountain’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Burnaby Mountain →
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).