Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainAfternoon heat in Electoral Area E, Cariboo trails that of 94% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −10.9°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 78% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 34°C. Comfortable outdoor weather, highs of 23°C, belongs to July and August.
Electoral Area E, Cariboo has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Williams Lake, 12 km north.
A year in Electoral Area E, Cariboo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, 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 E, Cariboo feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
186 frost days and 72 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 14 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
463 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February. On about 96 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 176 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area E, Cariboo
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 21 May to 14 September without frost, around 114 days in all.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 23 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 4 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Electoral Area E, Cariboo: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Williams Lake
ECCC builds the Williams Lake normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| Station altitude | 940 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.2°C |
| Average wind | 9.8 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Quesnel, 109 km |
How Electoral Area E, 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 63 km from Electoral Area E, Cariboo, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo Williams Lake | 22.7°C | −10.9°C | 463 mm |
| Mile 108 Recreational Ranch 63 km · Clinton | 23.9°C 1.2°C warmer | −9.8°C 1.1°C milder | 463 mm |
Electoral Area E, Cariboo weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.9°C | −10.9°C | −6.9°C | 37 mm | 41 cm |
| February | 0.5°C | −9.2°C | −4.4°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 5.5°C | −5.4°C | 0.1°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | −1.2°C | 4.9°C | 22 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 3.3°C | 9.9°C | 42 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.5°C | 7.1°C | 13.4°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 9.5°C | 16.2°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 8.5°C | 15.5°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.3°C | 4.2°C | 10.8°C | 37 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.5°C | −0.6°C | 4.5°C | 41 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 1.9°C | −5.3°C | −1.7°C | 42 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −3.0°C | −10.4°C | −6.7°C | 38 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.9°C | 4.6°C | 463 mm | 176 cm |
In January, anything from −39.3°C to 10.9°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.9°C of its normal of −4.4°C; June keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Williams Lake from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area E, Cariboo’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area E, Cariboo get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.7°C.
How cold does Electoral Area E, Cariboo get in winter?
January nights average −10.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, Cariboo get?
A normal year brings 463 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 66 mm, February driest at 19 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 129 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Electoral Area E, Cariboo itself?
Not exactly. Electoral Area E, Cariboo lacks a normals station, so Williams Lake supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, Cariboo →
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).