Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley has some of the mildest winter nights among Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.1°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 88% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in December and eases off in July. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 46 days a year at 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Comox station, 1.5 km east.
A year in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 46 days, 20°C on 80
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in December at about 11 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,152 mm a year
On about 131 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
51 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 17 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 1 April; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 6 November, leaving roughly 218 days without frost.
The outdoor season by the averages is May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 8 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Comox
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Comox, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 1.5 km east |
| Station altitude | 26 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −10.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.2°C |
| Average wind | 12.5 km/h on average, most often from the south-east |
| Next-nearest location | Campbell River, 36 km |
How Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley with figures is 29 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley Comox | 23.1°C | 1.5°C | 1,152 mm |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona 29 km · Campbell River | 23.5°C about the same | −0.5°C 2.0°C colder | 1,482 mm |
Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley 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 | 6.3°C | 1.5°C | 3.9°C | 177 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 7.2°C | 1.2°C | 4.2°C | 112 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.5°C | 2.6°C | 6.1°C | 108 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 12.9°C | 5.0°C | 9.0°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 8.6°C | 12.9°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 19.9°C | 11.5°C | 15.7°C | 42 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.1°C | 13.7°C | 18.5°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 13.5°C | 18.3°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 10.5°C | 14.8°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 6.3°C | 9.6°C | 125 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.7°C | 3.1°C | 5.9°C | 189 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 6.2°C | 1.3°C | 3.7°C | 194 mm | 17 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 6.6°C | 10.2°C | 1,152 mm | 51 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 1.5°C; the steadiest month is October
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in June: a low of 3.5°C in 2001 and a high of 33.8°C in 2018.
Where Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Comox, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 B (Lazo North), Comox Valley’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.1°C.
How cold does Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 1.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,152 mm: 194 mm in December, the wettest month, and 24 mm in July, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 10 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Comox location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley →
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