Photo: Ruth Hartnup from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0Hardly any Canadian towns see softer January nights than Cumberland
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.1°C. Expect the most rain and snow in December and the least in July. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 88% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Cumberland has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Comox, 14 km north-east.
A year in Cumberland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cumberland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Cumberland feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 46 frosts and 80 warm days a year
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
1,152 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 131 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 51 cm in a normal year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 17 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cumberland
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cumberland’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 1 April to 6 November without frost, around 218 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 8 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Cumberland’s hazards page does.
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 | 14 km north-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, 41 km |
How Cumberland 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Cumberland’s own would show the same figures). Cumberland has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 35 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Comox | 23.1°C | 1.5°C | 1,152 mm |
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona 35 km · Campbell River | 23.5°C about the same | −0.5°C 2.0°C colder | 1,482 mm |
Cumberland 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 June here can run from 3.5°C to 33.8°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 1.5°C of its normal of 4.2°C; October keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Cumberland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Comox, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC 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 Cumberland’s climate
How warm does Cumberland get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 23.1°C.
How cold does Cumberland get in winter?
Overnight lows average 1.2°C in February, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Cumberland get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,152 mm; the range runs from 24 mm in July to 194 mm in December.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 10 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Cumberland itself?
They come from Comox, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Cumberland.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cumberland →
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).