Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns collect less precipitation than Kamloops 1: 273 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −5.7°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in almost every Canadian town. Winter and summer sit 35°C apart. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Kamloops location, 11 km west.
A year in Kamloops 1 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kamloops 1’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Kamloops 1 feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
116 frost days and 135 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 26 nights). About 36 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 273 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. 252nd wettest of 256 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 62 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
63 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 20 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kamloops 1
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 92% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kamloops 1’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 170 days, roughly 25 April to 12 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 9 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Plan shade and water for about 37 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Kamloops 1’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kamloops
ECCC builds the Kamloops normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 345 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.4°C |
| Average wind | 10.7 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Salmon Arm, 74 km |
How Kamloops 1 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Kamloops 1’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 44–72 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Kamloops 1.
Kamloops 1 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C | −5.7°C | −2.7°C | 22 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 3.9°C | −4.3°C | −0.2°C | 12 mm | 8 cm |
| March | 10.7°C | −0.5°C | 5.2°C | 15 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 16.5°C | 3.2°C | 9.9°C | 13 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 22.0°C | 8.1°C | 15.0°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 25.1°C | 11.6°C | 18.4°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.3°C | 14.5°C | 21.9°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.8°C | 13.7°C | 21.3°C | 19 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.8°C | 9.2°C | 16.0°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 3.5°C | 8.6°C | 23 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −1.1°C | 2.3°C | 26 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 1.0°C | −5.0°C | −2.0°C | 26 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 15.0°C | 3.9°C | 9.5°C | 273 mm | 63 cm |
From −24.9°C to 21.3°C: November’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.2°C from −2.7°C. April moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Kamloops 1’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Kamloops (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kamloops 1’s climate
How warm does Kamloops 1 get in summer?
Highs reach 29.3°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Kamloops 1 get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −5.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Kamloops 1 get?
Around 273 mm a year in all, from 36 mm in June down to 12 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 48 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Kamloops 1 itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kamloops, just outside Kamloops 1’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kamloops 1 →
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