Photo: KenWalker · CC BY-SA 4.0Fairwinds has some of the mildest winter nights among Canadian towns
July afternoons average 23.1°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 88% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 22°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 131 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Every figure here comes from Comox, 71 km north-west; ECCC has no normals closer to Fairwinds, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Fairwinds at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fairwinds’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Fairwinds feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 46 frosts and 80 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in December (about 11 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,152 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; July, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 51 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 17 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Fairwinds
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. A house here needs less heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fairwinds’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 1 April to 6 November the garden is usually clear of frost, some 218 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 8 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Fairwinds’s hazards page.
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 | 71 km north-west |
| 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 | Vancouver International (Airport), 73 km |
How Fairwinds 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
Places around Fairwinds whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairwinds Comox | 23.1°C | 1.5°C | 1,152 mm |
| Lantzville 7.6 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.7°C cooler | 1.4°C about the same | 1,160 mm |
| Parksville 12 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C about the same | 1,152 mm |
Fairwinds 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 1.5°C; the steadiest, 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 Fairwinds’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Comox: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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 Fairwinds’s climate
How warm does Fairwinds get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 23.1°C.
How cold does Fairwinds get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is 1.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Fairwinds get?
1,152 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is December (194 mm); the driest, July (24 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 10 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Fairwinds itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Comox, a long way from Fairwinds.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fairwinds →
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).