Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Hope: 1,734 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.9°C. Frost is rarer than in 98% of Canadian towns: about 35 nights a year drop below freezing. Precipitation follows the seasons: November brings about 4.9 times as much as July. The furnace earns its keep from November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
Hope has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Agassiz, 28 km south-west.
A year in Hope at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hope’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Hope feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 35 frosts and 106 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 10 nights). Some 11 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,734 mm of rain and snow a year
7th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 161 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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 Hope
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hope’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →The humidex tops 30 on about 34 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Hope’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Agassiz
ECCC builds the Agassiz normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 28 km south-west |
| 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 | Princeton, 68 km |
How Hope 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Hope’s would only repeat its figures. Hope has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 57–69 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Agassiz | 24.9°C | 0.8°C | 1,734 mm |
| Cultus Lake 57 km · Abbotsford | 24.4°C 0.5°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 1,505 mm |
| Princeton 66 km · Princeton | 27.3°C 2.4°C warmer | −9.1°C 9.9°C colder | 355 mm |
Hope weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −9.3°C to 25.8°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.0°C of the normal, 3.5°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.9°C.
Where Hope’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Agassiz, 1991–2020.
- 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, 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 Hope’s climate
How warm does Hope get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.0°C.
How cold does Hope get in winter?
Overnight lows average 0.8°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Hope get?
A normal year brings 1,734 mm, snow included as water: November is wettest at 268 mm, July driest at 55 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 11 days a year.
Are these figures for Hope itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Agassiz, not in Hope; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hope →
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).