Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
January nights here settle around −2.9°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: December brings about 4.0 times as much as August. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 94% of Canadian towns. If you like long walks, June and September offer highs of 22–23°C.
Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Nelson, 21 km north-east.
A year in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area I, 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 I, 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. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 27 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
759 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 122 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Nelson normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Warfield, 36 km away.
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
ECCC’s Nelson normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Creston, 82 km away.
Heating a home in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 2 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 38 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Nelson
Nelson is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 535 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Warfield, 36 km |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 82 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, 36 km |
How Electoral Area I, 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay Nelson | 28.5°C | −2.9°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay 12 km · Warfield | 29.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −4.0°C 1.1°C colder | 759 mm |
Electoral Area I, 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 | 1.4°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 |
A September here can run from −1.1°C to 35.8°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±1.9°C around 0.6°C), April the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Nelson: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 28.5°C.
How cold does Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay get in winter?
Lows sink to −3.0°C on an average December night.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay get?
759 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is December (98 mm); the driest, August (25 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Nelson, not in Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay →
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