Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −4.0°C on average. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 93% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: November brings about 3.5 times as much as August. About 126 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Creston, 3.7 km west.
A year in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’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 B, Central Kootenay feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 118 days, 20°C on 116
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 27. About 28 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 689 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 47 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 22 April to 18 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 179 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 4 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Expect around 41 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Creston
Creston is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km west |
| Station altitude | 610 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −23.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.7°C |
| Average wind | 6.6 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Nelson, 75 km |
How Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay with figures are 60–71 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay Creston | 28.6°C | −4.0°C | 689 mm |
| Salmo 60 km · Nelson | 28.5°C about the same | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay 67 km · Cranbrook | 26.9°C 1.7°C cooler | −10.1°C 6.1°C colder | 386 mm |
Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.3°C | −4.0°C | −1.4°C | 76 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 3.5°C | −3.5°C | 0.1°C | 48 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 8.6°C | −0.4°C | 4.1°C | 65 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 14.1°C | 3.0°C | 8.6°C | 47 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.0°C | 7.3°C | 13.6°C | 63 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.6°C | 16.7°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.6°C | 14.0°C | 21.3°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.1°C | 13.6°C | 20.9°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 9.0°C | 15.4°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.4°C | 8.1°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.1°C | −0.6°C | 2.2°C | 84 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0.6°C | −4.1°C | −1.8°C | 81 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 13.9°C | 4.0°C | 9.0°C | 689 mm | 151 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 2.0°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −15.9°C (2019) and 23.4°C (2004).
Where Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Creston: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 B, Central Kootenay’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 28.6°C.
How cold does Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay get in winter?
A typical December night falls to −4.1°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay get?
The year adds up to 689 mm. November is the peak month (84 mm) and August the low one (24 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 71 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay itself?
They come from Creston, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay →
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