East Burnaby sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for frosts
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.0°C. The year is lopsided: November gets about 5.6 times what July does. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. About 142 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Borrowed figures: East Burnaby has no normals station, so these come from Vancouver (Harbour), 16 km north-west.
A year in East Burnaby at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about East Burnaby’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in East Burnaby feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 17 days, 20°C on 87
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
1,537 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 14 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km away.
Heating a home in East Burnaby
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with East Burnaby’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; East Burnaby’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 16 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 19 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Pitt Meadows, 17 km |
How East Burnaby 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share East Burnaby’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Burnaby Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| New Westminster 2.3 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
| Edmonds 2.6 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,537 mm |
East Burnaby 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 |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 1.5°C of normal, against the steadier July
Over 1991–2020, June saw both −2.8°C (2007) and 30.6°C (2015), the widest span of any month.
Where East Burnaby’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Vancouver (Harbour), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: 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 East Burnaby’s climate
How warm does East Burnaby get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.0°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does East Burnaby get in winter?
In December, the coldest month, the typical low is 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does East Burnaby get?
Precipitation totals 1,537 mm a year, with November the wettest month (245 mm) and July the driest (44 mm).
Are these figures for East Burnaby itself?
They are borrowed from Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest place to East Burnaby where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for East Burnaby →
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).