Photo: A.Davey · CC BY 2.0Ladysmith sits near the top of Canadian towns for mild winters
Expect July afternoons of about 22.7°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 94% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in January and eases off in July. About 119 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Ladysmith’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Victoria (Airport), 47 km south-east.
A year in Ladysmith at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ladysmith’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Ladysmith feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 45 frosts and 83 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 10.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
901 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 39 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 12 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Ladysmith
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. That means homes here need less heating than 95% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ladysmith’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 213 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 4 April to a first of 4 November.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Summer brings about 6 days when the humidex passes 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Ladysmith’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Victoria (Airport)
ECCC builds the Victoria (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 47 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 20 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −10.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.3°C |
| Average wind | 9.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 52 km |
How Ladysmith 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
Places around Ladysmith whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladysmith Victoria (Airport) | 22.7°C | 1.6°C | 901 mm |
| Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley 4.2 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 1,160 mm |
| Electoral Area G, Cowichan Valley 5.5 km · Victoria (Airport) | 22.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 901 mm |
Ladysmith 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 | 7.5°C | 1.6°C | 4.6°C | 155 mm | 11 cm |
| February | 8.7°C | 1.4°C | 5.0°C | 85 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 10.8°C | 2.7°C | 6.8°C | 80 mm | 4 cm |
| April | 13.7°C | 4.6°C | 9.1°C | 48 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 7.6°C | 12.6°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 10.1°C | 15.2°C | 29 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 11.7°C | 17.2°C | 20 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 11.6°C | 17.1°C | 24 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.7°C | 9.2°C | 14.5°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.2°C | 96 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.9°C | 3.0°C | 6.5°C | 146 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 7.3°C | 1.5°C | 4.4°C | 146 mm | 12 cm |
| Year | 14.6°C | 5.9°C | 10.3°C | 901 mm | 39 cm |
From 2.1°C to 33.5°C: June’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 1.5°C around its normal of 5.0°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.7°C.
Where Ladysmith’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Victoria (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Ladysmith’s climate
How warm does Ladysmith get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.7°C.
How cold does Ladysmith get in winter?
Expect nights around 1.4°C in February; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Ladysmith get?
Rain and snow add up to about 901 mm of water a year; January brings the most (155 mm), July the least (20 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 8 days a year.
Are these figures for Ladysmith itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Victoria (Airport), since Ladysmith has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ladysmith →
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).