Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −4.0°C. Its January nights stay gentler than in 93% of Canadian towns. November is the wettest month, August the driest. Plan time outside for June and September, when highs sit at 22–23°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay itself; the figures are those of Creston, 2.0 km south-east.
A year in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, 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 C, Central Kootenay feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 118 frosts and 116 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 27 nights. 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
689 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 126 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 47 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 179 frost-free days, roughly 22 April to 18 October.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 4 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 41 a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Creston
ECCC builds the Creston normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 2.0 km south-east |
| 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, 70 km |
How Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 54–70 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay Creston | 28.6°C | −4.0°C | 689 mm |
| Salmo 54 km · Nelson | 28.5°C about the same | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area C, East Kootenay 70 km · Cranbrook | 26.9°C 1.7°C cooler | −10.1°C 6.1°C colder | 386 mm |
Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
A March here can run from −15.9°C to 23.4°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.0°C of its normal of 0.1°C; June keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Creston, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 28.6°C.
How cold does Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay get in winter?
Of all twelve months, December has the coldest nights, about −4.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 689 mm; the range runs from 24 mm in August to 84 mm in November.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 71 days a year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay itself?
They are borrowed from Creston, the nearest place to Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area C, Central Kootenay →
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).