Fruitvale has some of the warmest summer afternoons among Canadian towns
Nights in January average −4.0°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 93% of Canadian towns. Some 34°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit June and September, with highs of 23–24°C.
These are not Fruitvale’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Warfield, 15 km west.
A year in Fruitvale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fruitvale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Fruitvale feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
120 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 27 nights. About 38 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 759 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; August, the least. About 122 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 47 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Warfield publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Creston, 75 km away.
Heating a home in Fruitvale
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fruitvale’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 28 April to about 13 October, some 167 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 2 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 44 days when the humidex passes 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Fruitvale’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Warfield
ECCC builds the Warfield normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 15 km west |
| Station altitude | 606 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 75 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 41.1°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Nelson, 45 km |
How Fruitvale 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 Fruitvale’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 20 km from Fruitvale, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fruitvale Warfield | 29.3°C | −4.0°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay 20 km · Nelson | 28.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
Fruitvale 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 | 0.4°C | −4.0°C | −1.7°C | 93 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 3.3°C | −3.1°C | 0.2°C | 62 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9.1°C | −0.4°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.8°C | 9.1°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.8°C | 7.2°C | 14.0°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 10.3°C | 17.1°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.3°C | 13.0°C | 21.2°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29.5°C | 12.5°C | 21.1°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23.1°C | 8.7°C | 16.0°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −0.6°C | 2.0°C | 86 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0.1°C | −3.9°C | −1.7°C | 98 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 14.4°C | 3.8°C | 9.2°C | 759 mm | 151 cm |
June has run from 1.3°C to 41.1°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.3°C around its normal of 0.2°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Fruitvale’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Warfield, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Fruitvale’s climate
How warm does Fruitvale get in summer?
Summer peaks in August: a typical afternoon reaches 29.5°C.
How cold does Fruitvale get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −4.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Fruitvale get?
Around 759 mm a year in all, from 98 mm in December down to 25 mm in August.
Are these figures for Fruitvale itself?
They describe Warfield, the nearest normals location, rather than Fruitvale itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fruitvale →
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).