Photo: Joe Mabel · CC BY-SA 3.0Kent is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,734 mm of rain and snow a year
Sunny July days climb to about 24.9°C. Frost is rarer than in 98% of Canadian towns: about 35 nights a year drop below freezing. Of all months, November brings the most precipitation and July the least. Expect about 35 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Agassiz station, 1.1 km east.
A year in Kent at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kent’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Kent feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 35 days, 20°C on 106
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at about 10 nights. About 11 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 1,734 mm of rain and snow a year
7th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. About 161 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
52 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to March snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 18 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Kent
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kent’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 34 days a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Kent’s.
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 | 1.1 km east |
| 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 | Abbotsford, 48 km |
How Kent 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 Kent’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 29 km from Kent.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Agassiz | 24.9°C | 0.8°C | 1,734 mm |
| Cultus Lake 29 km · Abbotsford | 24.4°C 0.5°C cooler | 0.6°C about the same | 1,505 mm |
Kent weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 2.0°C of normal, against the steadier August
March has the widest record range, −9.3°C in 2007 to 25.8°C in 2019; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Kent’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Agassiz (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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Kent’s climate
How warm does Kent get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in August, at about 25.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Kent get in winter?
Lows sink to 0.8°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Kent get?
About 1,734 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. November is the wettest month (268 mm) and July the driest (55 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 11 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Kent itself?
Yes, measured at Agassiz, which sits inside Kent’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kent →
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).