Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley has some of the mildest winter nights among Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.4°C. Temperatures cover 24°C across the year, low to high. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 96% of Canadian towns. From May to September, highs of 19–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Abbotsford, 25 km south.
A year in Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area F, 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 F, Fraser Valley feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 49 days, 20°C on 103
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 12 nights. About 9 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,505 mm of rain and snow a year
November brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. On about 149 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 56 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to March; January brings the most, about 22 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need less heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 218 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 3 April to a first of 7 November.
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 →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Abbotsford
ECCC builds the Abbotsford normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 25 km south |
| 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 | Pitt Meadows, 33 km |
How Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley 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
Places around Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley whose figures come from another normals location. Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–25 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley Abbotsford | 24.4°C | 0.6°C | 1,505 mm |
| Electoral Area C, Fraser Valley 20 km · Agassiz | 24.9°C 0.5°C warmer | 0.8°C about the same | 1,734 mm |
| Maple Ridge 25 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 0.5°C about the same | 1,649 mm |
Electoral Area F, 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 | 6.7°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 |
The month with the widest range: January, −16.4°C to 18.1°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 1.9°C of the normal, 3.7°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.8°C.
Where Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Abbotsford: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 F, Fraser Valley’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley get in summer?
Afternoons average 24.8°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley get in winter?
January nights average 0.6°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,505 mm; the range runs from 39 mm in July to 233 mm in November.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 11 days a year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley itself?
They come from Abbotsford, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Electoral Area F, Fraser Valley.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area F, 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).