Photo: TerradiseBC · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly any Canadian towns see fresher July days than Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
Nights in January average −5.3°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 93% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 27°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 19–22°C.
Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Terrace, 5.2 km south-west.
A year in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 118 days, 20°C on 55
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 26 nights). Some 4 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
1,338 mm of precipitation in a typical year
November is the wettest month and June the driest. Some 161 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 328 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 92 cm. 2nd snowiest of 252 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. That means homes here need less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 25 April and returns near 17 October, about 174 days apart.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 12 days a year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 7 days a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Terrace
Terrace is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.2 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 217 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −24.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Smithers, 94 km |
How Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 93–117 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine Terrace | 21.5°C | −5.3°C | 1,338 mm |
| Smithers 93 km · Smithers | 21.8°C about the same | −10.9°C 5.6°C colder | 506 mm |
| Prince Rupert 117 km · Holland Rock | 14.5°C 7.0°C cooler | 2.2°C 7.5°C milder | 2,143 mm |
Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine 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 | −1.4°C | −5.3°C | −3.3°C | 178 mm | 92 cm |
| February | 1.6°C | −3.5°C | −1.0°C | 103 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 5.6°C | −1.3°C | 2.1°C | 90 mm | 35 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | 1.8°C | 6.4°C | 66 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 5.8°C | 11.2°C | 55 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 19.1°C | 9.3°C | 14.3°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 21.5°C | 11.7°C | 16.6°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.4°C | 11.6°C | 16.5°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.1°C | 8.3°C | 12.2°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.1°C | 3.6°C | 6.4°C | 183 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 3.0°C | −0.7°C | 1.2°C | 190 mm | 55 cm |
| December | −0.4°C | −3.9°C | −2.1°C | 178 mm | 90 cm |
| Year | 10.3°C | 3.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,338 mm | 328 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −19.4°C to 20.8°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.9°C of the normal, −3.3°C. October is the steadiest, within 0.8°C.
Where Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Terrace (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 Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 21.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −5.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine get?
About 1,338 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. November is the wettest month (190 mm) and June the driest (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 90 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine itself?
No, they come from Terrace; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine →
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