Photo: Andre Charland · CC BY 2.0Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Gold River: 3,111 mm a year
July afternoons average 17.4°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. Temperatures cover 15°C across the year, low to high. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Estevan Point, 57 km south-west: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Gold River itself.
A year in Gold River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gold River’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Gold River feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 21 frosts and 7 warm days a year
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at about 6 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
3,111 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The wettest of 256 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 188 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 14 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to March; February brings the most, about 4 cm. 252nd snowiest of 253 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Gold River
77% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 94% of Canadian towns.
Living with Gold River’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Gold River’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Estevan Point
ECCC builds the Estevan Point normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 57 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −6.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 27.5°C |
| Average wind | 18.3 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Campbell River, 59 km |
How Gold River 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Gold River’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Gold River with figures are 63–76 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold River Estevan Point | 17.4°C | 3.6°C | 3,111 mm |
| Campbell River 63 km · Campbell River | 23.5°C 6.1°C warmer | −0.5°C 4.1°C colder | 1,482 mm |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley 69 km · Comox | 23.1°C 5.7°C warmer | 1.5°C 2.1°C colder | 1,152 mm |
Gold River 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 | 8.2°C | 3.6°C | 5.9°C | 445 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 8.6°C | 3.2°C | 6.0°C | 288 mm | 4 cm |
| March | 9.5°C | 3.7°C | 6.7°C | 299 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 11.4°C | 5.3°C | 8.4°C | 257 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 14.0°C | 8.1°C | 11.1°C | 134 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 15.8°C | 10.3°C | 13.1°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 17.4°C | 11.8°C | 14.6°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 17.8°C | 12.1°C | 15.0°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.7°C | 10.8°C | 13.7°C | 162 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 7.9°C | 10.6°C | 335 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 10.2°C | 5.0°C | 7.6°C | 454 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 8.2°C | 3.4°C | 5.9°C | 431 mm | 2 cm |
| Year | 12.6°C | 7.1°C | 9.9°C | 3,111 mm | 14 cm |
November: −6.5°C at its coldest, 22.0°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 1.2°C from 5.9°C. June moves least, typically by 0.7°C.
Where Gold River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Estevan Point: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest 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 Gold River’s climate
How warm does Gold River get in summer?
Summer peaks in August: a typical afternoon reaches 17.8°C.
How cold does Gold River get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Gold River get?
The year adds up to 3,111 mm. November is the peak month (454 mm) and July the low one (74 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 2 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Gold River itself?
They are the figures for Estevan Point, which read better as the region’s climate than Gold River’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Gold River →
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).