Precipitation in Electoral Area A, Cariboo trails that of 75% of Canadian towns: 510 mm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 24.5°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 67% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 35°C apart. Frost comes on about 177 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Borrowed figures: Electoral Area A, Cariboo has no normals station, so these come from Quesnel, 11 km north.
A year in Electoral Area A, Cariboo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Electoral Area A, Cariboo feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 177 frosts and 96 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 13 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 510 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 103 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 176 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 42 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Quesnel publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Williams Lake, 88 km away.
Heating a home in Electoral Area A, Cariboo
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 119 frost-free days, roughly 22 May to 19 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 17 days a year here.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 12 days a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Quesnel
Quesnel is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km north |
| Station altitude | 545 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Williams Lake, 88 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 5.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Williams Lake, 88 km |
How Electoral Area A, Cariboo 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 Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s own would show the same figures). Electoral Area A, Cariboo has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 86–101 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Cariboo Quesnel | 24.5°C | −10.8°C | 510 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Cariboo 86 km · Williams Lake | 22.7°C 1.8°C cooler | −10.9°C about the same | 463 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George 101 km · Prince George | 22.6°C 1.9°C cooler | −11.7°C 0.9°C colder | 590 mm |
Electoral Area A, Cariboo weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.7°C | −10.8°C | −6.8°C | 42 mm | 41 cm |
| February | 0.9°C | −9.0°C | −4.1°C | 22 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 6.9°C | −5.2°C | 0.8°C | 27 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 13.2°C | −1.0°C | 6.1°C | 26 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 3.6°C | 11.3°C | 37 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 7.5°C | 14.7°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 9.5°C | 17.0°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 8.5°C | 16.4°C | 39 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.6°C | 4.8°C | 11.7°C | 46 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | 0.2°C | 5.5°C | 51 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 2.8°C | −4.5°C | −0.8°C | 45 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −9.6°C | −5.8°C | 43 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 11.5°C | −0.5°C | 5.5°C | 510 mm | 176 cm |
The month with the widest range: January, −41.9°C to 11.8°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 4.1°C of its normal of −4.1°C; July keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Quesnel, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Electoral Area A, Cariboo’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area A, Cariboo get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 24.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Electoral Area A, Cariboo get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −10.8°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area A, Cariboo get?
About 510 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (68 mm) and February the driest (22 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area A, Cariboo itself?
No, they come from Quesnel; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Electoral Area A, Cariboo itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area A, Cariboo →
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