Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Central Okanagan
In January the night’s low is typically −5.9°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 34°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 92% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Central Okanagan’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Kelowna, 3.9 km north-west.
A year in Central Okanagan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Central Okanagan’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Central Okanagan feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
151 frost days and 126 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
447 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; March, the least. On about 97 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Kelowna publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Vernon, 37 km away.
Snowfall: about 93 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 31 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Central Okanagan
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Central Okanagan’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 7 days a year.
Expect around 35 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Central Okanagan’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kelowna
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Kelowna are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 3.9 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 433 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Vernon, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.4 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Vernon, 37 km |
How Central Okanagan 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 Central Okanagan’s would only repeat its figures. Central Okanagan has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 25 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Okanagan Kelowna | 28.5°C | −5.9°C | 447 mm |
| Central Okanagan West 25 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C 0.5°C colder | 447 mm |
Central Okanagan weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −1.0°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.8°C | −2.2°C | 3.8°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.4°C | 0.9°C | 8.2°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.6°C | 5.3°C | 13.0°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 9.1°C | 16.6°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.5°C | 11.4°C | 20.0°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.2°C | 10.5°C | 19.3°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.2°C | 6.3°C | 14.3°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 1.4°C | 7.3°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −2.4°C | 1.8°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | 1.1°C | −5.6°C | −2.3°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 14.4°C | 1.9°C | 8.2°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.8°C; August the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than January, between −30.1°C (1996) and 13.6°C (1992).
Where Central Okanagan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Kelowna, 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest 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 Central Okanagan’s climate
How warm does Central Okanagan get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 28.5°C.
How cold does Central Okanagan get in winter?
Overnight lows average −5.9°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Central Okanagan get?
Some 447 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (55 mm), the least in March (25 mm).
Are these figures for Central Okanagan itself?
Not as such: Kelowna is the nearest normals location, and Central Okanagan has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Central Okanagan →
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).