July in Electoral Area F, Cariboo stays fresher than in 94% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −10.9°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 34°C. Rain and snow together come to less here than on 78% of Canadian towns. Expect about 186 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
These are not Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Williams Lake, 21 km south-west.
A year in Electoral Area F, Cariboo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area F, 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 F, Cariboo feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 186 days, 20°C on 72
Frost comes from September to May; in December almost every night freezes. Some 14 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 463 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 96 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 176 cm in a normal 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
Heating a home in Electoral Area F, Cariboo
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 114 days, roughly 21 May to 14 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 23 days a year.
Summer brings about 4 days when the humidex passes 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Williams Lake
Williams Lake is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km south-west |
| 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, 97 km |
How Electoral Area F, Cariboo 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 Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 66 km from Electoral Area F, Cariboo, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo Williams Lake | 22.7°C | −10.9°C | 463 mm |
| Mile 108 Recreational Ranch 66 km · Clinton | 23.9°C 1.2°C warmer | −9.8°C 1.1°C milder | 463 mm |
Electoral Area F, Cariboo 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 | −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 |
From −39.3°C to 10.9°C: January’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 3.9°C around its normal of −4.4°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.2°C.
Where Electoral Area F, Cariboo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Williams Lake, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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 F, Cariboo’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area F, Cariboo get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 22.7°C.
How cold does Electoral Area F, Cariboo get in winter?
Overnight lows average −10.9°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area F, Cariboo get?
Measured as water, a year brings 463 mm: 66 mm in June, the wettest month, and 19 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 129 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Electoral Area F, Cariboo itself?
They describe Williams Lake, the nearest normals location, rather than Electoral Area F, Cariboo itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area F, 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).