Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area E, Fraser Valley is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,734 mm of rain and snow a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.9°C. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 98% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 24°C across the year, low to high. Homes need heating from November to March, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Agassiz, 19 km north, instead.
A year in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, Fraser 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 E, Fraser Valley feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 35 days, 20°C on 106
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 10 nights). Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 11 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 1,734 mm a year
7th wettest of 256 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. About 161 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 52 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to March; January brings the most, about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 34 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Agassiz
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Agassiz are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 19 km north |
| Station altitude | 19 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −13.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 6.6 km/h on average, most often from the north-east |
| Next-nearest location | Abbotsford, 39 km |
How Electoral Area E, Fraser 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
Places around Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley whose figures come from another normals location. Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 15 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley Agassiz | 24.9°C | 0.8°C | 1,734 mm |
| Cultus Lake 15 km · Abbotsford | 24.4°C 0.5°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 1,505 mm |
Electoral Area E, Fraser 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 | 6.1°C | 0.8°C | 3.5°C | 250 mm | 18 cm |
| February | 8.6°C | 2.0°C | 5.3°C | 137 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 11.3°C | 3.3°C | 7.3°C | 152 mm | 7 cm |
| April | 15.0°C | 5.8°C | 10.4°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 9.2°C | 14.2°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21.2°C | 11.5°C | 16.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.9°C | 13.1°C | 19.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.0°C | 19.0°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 10.8°C | 16.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.1°C | 7.4°C | 11.2°C | 185 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9.0°C | 3.6°C | 6.4°C | 268 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 5.8°C | 1.1°C | 3.5°C | 217 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 15.2°C | 6.8°C | 11.0°C | 1,734 mm | 52 cm |
March: −9.3°C at its coldest, 25.8°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.0°C around its normal of 3.5°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Agassiz, the nearest location with a full year of 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley get in summer?
Of all twelve months, August has the warmest afternoons, about 25.0°C.
How cold does Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about 0.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley get?
Around 1,734 mm a year in all, from 268 mm in November down to 55 mm in July.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 11 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Agassiz, not in Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, Fraser Valley →
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).