Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Burrard Inlet 3
Expect July afternoons of about 23.0°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Plan for rain or snow on about 142 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Burrard Inlet 3 has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Vancouver (Harbour), 10 km west.
A year in Burrard Inlet 3 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Burrard Inlet 3’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Burrard Inlet 3 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,537 mm a year
The most falls in November, the least in July.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 20 km away.
Heating a home in Burrard Inlet 3
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Burrard Inlet 3’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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 →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Burrard Inlet 3’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 10 km west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 20 km |
How Burrard Inlet 3 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 Burrard Inlet 3’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Burrard Inlet 3 with figures is 9 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burrard Inlet 3 Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Anmore 9.2 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Burrard Inlet 3 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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 1.5°C; the steadiest, July
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; June’s run from −2.8°C in 2007 to 30.6°C in 2015.
Where Burrard Inlet 3’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Vancouver (Harbour): 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: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Burrard Inlet 3’s climate
How warm does Burrard Inlet 3 get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C.
How cold does Burrard Inlet 3 get in winter?
Lows sink to 3.2°C on an average December night.
How much rain and snow does Burrard Inlet 3 get?
A normal year brings 1,537 mm, snow included as water: November is wettest at 245 mm, July driest at 44 mm.
Are these figures for Burrard Inlet 3 itself?
Not quite: they come from Vancouver (Harbour), the closest ECCC normals location to Burrard Inlet 3.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Burrard Inlet 3 →
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).