Few Canadian towns have milder winter nights than Cultus Lake
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.4°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: November brings about 5.9 times as much as July. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 96% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 149 days a year with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Cultus Lake has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Abbotsford, 25 km west, instead.
A year in Cultus Lake at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cultus Lake’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Cultus Lake feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 49 frosts and 103 warm days a year
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 12 nights. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 9 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,505 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
56 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 22 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cultus Lake
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cultus Lake’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Wait until about 3 April to plant out; frost tends to come back around 7 November, about 218 days later.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Cultus Lake’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Abbotsford
Abbotsford is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 25 km west |
| Station altitude | 59 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −16.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.0°C |
| Average wind | 9.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Agassiz, 30 km |
How Cultus Lake 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 Cultus Lake’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cultus Lake Abbotsford | 24.4°C | 0.6°C | 1,505 mm |
| Tzeachten 13 10 km · Agassiz | 24.9°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 1,734 mm |
Cultus Lake weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C | 0.6°C | 3.7°C | 226 mm | 22 cm |
| February | 8.9°C | 1.3°C | 5.1°C | 117 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 11.4°C | 2.9°C | 7.2°C | 146 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 14.8°C | 5.2°C | 10.0°C | 114 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 8.4°C | 13.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.9°C | 16.0°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 12.7°C | 18.5°C | 39 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.6°C | 18.7°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 9.9°C | 15.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.0°C | 6.4°C | 10.7°C | 144 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9.5°C | 2.7°C | 6.2°C | 233 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 6.3°C | 0.6°C | 3.5°C | 197 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 15.2°C | 6.2°C | 10.7°C | 1,505 mm | 56 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 1.9°C, more than any month, and August least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; January’s run from −16.4°C in 1993 to 18.1°C in 2005.
Where Cultus Lake’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Abbotsford, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Cultus Lake’s climate
How warm does Cultus Lake get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 24.8°C.
How cold does Cultus Lake get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to 0.6°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Cultus Lake get?
November is the wettest month at 233 mm and July the driest at 39 mm, for 1,505 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 11 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Cultus Lake itself?
No, the station behind them is Abbotsford, beyond Cultus Lake’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cultus Lake →
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).