Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −2.9°C. A year here swings 32°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Its January nights stay gentler than in 94% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 122 times a year.
No ECCC station in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Nelson, 23 km south-east, instead.
A year in Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area H, 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 H, Central Kootenay feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 100 frosts and 120 warm days a year
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 23. Some 27 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 759 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; August, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Nelson normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Warfield, 58 km away.
151 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 47 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Nelson normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Creston, 95 km away.
Heating a home in Electoral Area H, 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. A house here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest 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 →Roughly 2 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Count on some 38 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Nelson
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Nelson, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 535 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Warfield, 58 km |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 95 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −19.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.7°C |
| Average wind | 8.1 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Warfield, 58 km |
How Electoral Area H, 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 H, Central Kootenay’s own would show the same figures). Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 32 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay Nelson | 28.5°C | −2.9°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay 32 km · Warfield | 29.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −4.0°C 1.1°C colder | 759 mm |
Electoral Area H, 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 | 1.4°C | −2.9°C | −0.7°C | 93 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 4.1°C | −2.9°C | 0.6°C | 62 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 8.9°C | −0.2°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 14.5°C | 2.7°C | 8.6°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.1°C | 6.5°C | 13.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.9°C | 9.8°C | 16.4°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.5°C | 12.7°C | 20.7°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.1°C | 12.6°C | 20.4°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.9°C | 8.8°C | 15.4°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.1°C | 3.9°C | 8.5°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | 0.3°C | 2.9°C | 86 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 1.0°C | −3.0°C | −1.0°C | 98 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 14.2°C | 4.0°C | 9.1°C | 759 mm | 151 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 1.9°C; the steadiest, April
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. September spans the most, from −1.1°C (2000) to 35.8°C (2017).
Where Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Nelson, 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 Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay get in summer?
Afternoons average 28.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay get in winter?
At its coldest, in December, the normal low is −3.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay get?
Rain and snow add up to about 759 mm of water a year; December brings the most (98 mm), August the least (25 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay itself?
They describe Nelson, the nearest normals location, rather than Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay →
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