Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns have warmer summer afternoons than Chase
On a normal January night the air cools to about −5.6°C. The wettest month is November; the driest is August. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 93% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 121 times a year.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Chase is Salmon Arm, 35 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Chase at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Chase’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Chase feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 127 frosts and 125 warm days a year
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 27. Some 26 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
Rain and melted snow: about 654 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 203 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 71 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Chase
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Chase’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 28 April and returns near 6 October, about 160 days apart.
For long days outdoors, Jun bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 5 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 46 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Chase’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Salmon Arm
Salmon Arm is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 35 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 527 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −27.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.9°C |
| Average wind | 4.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Kamloops, 55 km |
How Chase compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Chase whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 16 km from Chase.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Salmon Arm | 28.3°C | −5.6°C | 654 mm |
| Sun Peaks Mountain 16 km · Kamloops | 29.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −5.7°C about the same | 273 mm |
Chase weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C | −5.6°C | −2.6°C | 78 mm | 69 cm |
| February | 3.3°C | −5.1°C | −0.9°C | 37 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 9.3°C | −1.5°C | 3.9°C | 39 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.3°C | 8.9°C | 41 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 21.1°C | 7.0°C | 14.1°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 10.5°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.3°C | 12.8°C | 20.6°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.6°C | 11.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 7.5°C | 14.5°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.8°C | 2.6°C | 7.7°C | 61 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −1.2°C | 2.2°C | 83 mm | 28 cm |
| December | 0.9°C | −4.9°C | −2.1°C | 78 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 14.2°C | 3.0°C | 8.6°C | 654 mm | 203 cm |
From −25.7°C to 17.8°C: November’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 2.9°C around −0.9°C) and August least (1.0°C).
Where Chase’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Salmon Arm from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Chase’s climate
How warm does Chase get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 28.3°C.
How cold does Chase get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −5.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Chase get?
Rain and snow add up to about 654 mm of water a year; November brings the most (83 mm), August the least (35 mm).
Are these figures for Chase itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Salmon Arm, outside Chase.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Chase →
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).