Photo: Darren Kirby from Penticton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Campbell River sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 1,482 mm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −0.5°C. Seasons differ by 24°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 94% of Canadian towns. Expect about 85 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Campbell River, 5.0 km south.
A year in Campbell River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Campbell River’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Campbell River feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 85 days, 20°C on 85
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 16 nights). Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 6 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,482 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. On about 158 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 89 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in January (about 24 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Campbell River
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Campbell River’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 27 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 13 October, ends a season of about 168 days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Campbell River’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Campbell River
ECCC builds the Campbell River normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 5.0 km south |
| Station altitude | 109 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −18.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Next-nearest location | Comox, 39 km |
How Campbell River 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 Campbell River’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 27 km from Campbell River.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell River | 23.5°C | −0.5°C | 1,482 mm |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley 27 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C 2.0°C milder | 1,152 mm |
Campbell River weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C | −0.5°C | 2.6°C | 218 mm | 24 cm |
| February | 7.0°C | −0.6°C | 3.2°C | 139 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 9.6°C | 0.8°C | 5.2°C | 129 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 13.1°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 6.7°C | 12.2°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 11.9°C | 17.7°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 11.5°C | 17.6°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 14.0°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 4.4°C | 8.7°C | 178 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 1.2°C | 4.6°C | 221 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 5.1°C | −0.5°C | 2.3°C | 241 mm | 22 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 1,482 mm | 89 cm |
September has run from −2.5°C to 33.5°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 1.8°C around its normal of 3.2°C, the widest of any month, while October’s shifts by 0.8°C.
Where Campbell River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Campbell River, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Campbell River’s climate
How warm does Campbell River get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in August, at about 23.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Campbell River get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −0.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Campbell River get?
Around 1,482 mm a year in all, from 241 mm in December down to 33 mm in July.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 19 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Campbell River itself?
Yes. They were measured in Campbell River, at ECCC’s own station there.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Campbell River →
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).