Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFrosty mornings in Electoral Area L, Cariboo outnumber those of 91% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.9°C on average. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on 78% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Have the furnace checked before October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Every figure here comes from Clinton, 54 km south-west; ECCC has no normals closer to Electoral Area L, Cariboo, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Electoral Area L, Cariboo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area L, 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 L, Cariboo feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 203 frosts and 80 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in December it comes on almost 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
Rain and melted snow: about 463 mm a year
On about 96 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Clinton normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Williams Lake here, 92 km away.
176 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Electoral Area L, Cariboo
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul.
Parks & trails →Roughly 19 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Summer brings about 7 days when the humidex passes 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Electoral Area L, Cariboo: the hazards page.
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 | 54 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 1,057 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Williams Lake, 92 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, 92 km |
How Electoral Area L, 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Electoral Area L, Cariboo with figures are 77–89 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area L, Cariboo Clinton | 23.9°C | −9.8°C | 463 mm |
| Clearwater 77 km · Blue River | 24.6°C 0.7°C warmer | −10.6°C 0.8°C colder | 1,040 mm |
| Barriere 82 km · Kamloops | 29.3°C 5.4°C warmer | −5.7°C 4.1°C milder | 273 mm |
| Electoral Area E, Cariboo 86 km · Williams Lake | 22.7°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.9°C 1.1°C colder | 463 mm |
Electoral Area L, 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.4°C; June the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −28.2°C (2009) and 18.9°C (2016).
Where Electoral Area L, Cariboo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Clinton, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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, 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 L, Cariboo’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area L, Cariboo get in summer?
Highs reach 23.9°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Electoral Area L, Cariboo get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −9.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area L, Cariboo get?
Some 463 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (66 mm), the least in February (19 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area L, Cariboo itself?
No: they come from Clinton, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Electoral Area L, Cariboo.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area L, 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).