Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area H, Cariboo gets more frosts than 91% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 23.9°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 78% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 34°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Heating does most of its work from October to May, in months below 10°C on average.
Electoral Area H, Cariboo has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Clinton, 76 km south, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Electoral Area H, Cariboo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area H, 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 H, Cariboo feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
203 frost days and 80 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and December freezes nearly every night. On about 11 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
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
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 96 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Clinton publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Williams Lake, 78 km away.
About 176 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Electoral Area H, Cariboo
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area H, Cariboo’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 19 days a year.
Plan shade and water for about 7 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Electoral Area H, Cariboo’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Clinton
Clinton is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 76 km south |
| Station altitude | 1,057 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Williams Lake, 78 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.2°C |
| Average wind | 7.6 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Williams Lake, 78 km |
How Electoral Area H, 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
Places around Electoral Area H, Cariboo whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 71–76 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area H, Cariboo.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area H, Cariboo Clinton | 23.9°C | −9.8°C | 463 mm |
| Electoral Area F, Cariboo 71 km · Williams Lake | 22.7°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.9°C 1.1°C colder | 463 mm |
| Clearwater 76 km · Blue River | 24.6°C 0.7°C warmer | −10.6°C 0.8°C colder | 1,040 mm |
Electoral Area H, Cariboo weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.2°C | −9.8°C | −6.5°C | 37 mm | 41 cm |
| February | 0.2°C | −9.0°C | −4.4°C | 19 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 5.2°C | −5.7°C | −0.2°C | 20 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | −2.2°C | 4.4°C | 22 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 16.5°C | 2.2°C | 9.3°C | 42 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.8°C | 5.7°C | 12.7°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 8.4°C | 16.2°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 7.7°C | 15.7°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.0°C | 3.7°C | 10.9°C | 37 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.4°C | −1.1°C | 4.2°C | 41 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 1.2°C | −5.7°C | −2.3°C | 42 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −3.6°C | −9.6°C | −6.6°C | 38 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −1.3°C | 4.5°C | 463 mm | 176 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 3.4°C of normal, against the steadier June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −28.2°C in 2009 and a high of 18.9°C in 2016.
Where Electoral Area H, Cariboo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Clinton, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area H, Cariboo’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area H, Cariboo get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.9°C.
How cold does Electoral Area H, Cariboo get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −9.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area H, Cariboo get?
Rain and snow add up to about 463 mm of water a year; June brings the most (66 mm), February the least (19 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area H, Cariboo itself?
They are the figures for Clinton, which read better as the region’s climate than Electoral Area H, Cariboo’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area H, 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).