Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary sits near the top of Canadian towns for July heat
January nights here settle around −4.0°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 93% of Canadian towns. Of all months, December brings the most precipitation and August the least. About 122 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Warfield, 16 km west.
A year in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’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 A, Kootenay Boundary feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 120 days, 20°C on 125
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 27 nights. Some 38 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
759 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 47 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Warfield normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Creston, 74 km away.
Heating a home in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 28 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 13 October, ends a season of about 167 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 2 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
About 44 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Warfield
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Warfield are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 16 km west |
| Station altitude | 606 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 74 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 41.1°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Nelson, 46 km |
How Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary 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
Places around Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary with figures is 20 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary Warfield | 29.3°C | −4.0°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay 20 km · Nelson | 28.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary 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 | −4.0°C | −1.7°C | 93 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 3.3°C | −3.1°C | 0.2°C | 62 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9.1°C | −0.4°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.8°C | 9.1°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.8°C | 7.2°C | 14.0°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 10.3°C | 17.1°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.3°C | 13.0°C | 21.2°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29.5°C | 12.5°C | 21.1°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23.1°C | 8.7°C | 16.0°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −0.6°C | 2.0°C | 86 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0.1°C | −3.9°C | −1.7°C | 98 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 14.4°C | 3.8°C | 9.2°C | 759 mm | 151 cm |
From 1.3°C to 41.1°C: June’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.3°C from 0.2°C. August moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Warfield, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary get in summer?
Afternoons average 29.5°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary get in winter?
Expect nights around −4.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary get?
Rain and snow add up to about 759 mm of water a year; December brings the most (98 mm), August the least (25 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Warfield, not in Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary →
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).