Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Lake Country
On a normal January night the air cools to about −5.9°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in March. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 92% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Lake Country has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Kelowna, 10 km south.
A year in Lake Country at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lake Country’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Lake Country feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 151 frosts and 126 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 28 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
447 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 97 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Kelowna normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Vernon here, 24 km away.
About 93 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 31 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Lake Country
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lake Country’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 7 days in a normal year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 35 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Lake Country’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kelowna
ECCC builds the Kelowna normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 10 km south |
| Station altitude | 433 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Vernon, 24 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.4 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Vernon, 24 km |
How Lake Country 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lake Country’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 11 km from Lake Country.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Country Kelowna | 28.5°C | −5.9°C | 447 mm |
| Central Okanagan West 11 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C 0.5°C colder | 447 mm |
Lake Country 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 | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 3.5°C | −5.4°C | −1.0°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.8°C | −2.2°C | 3.8°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.4°C | 0.9°C | 8.2°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.6°C | 5.3°C | 13.0°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 9.1°C | 16.6°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.5°C | 11.4°C | 20.0°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.2°C | 10.5°C | 19.3°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.2°C | 6.3°C | 14.3°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 1.4°C | 7.3°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −2.4°C | 1.8°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | 1.1°C | −5.6°C | −2.3°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 14.4°C | 1.9°C | 8.2°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
The month with the widest range: January, −30.1°C to 13.6°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.8°C around −1.0°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Lake Country’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Kelowna: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lake Country’s climate
How warm does Lake Country get in summer?
Afternoons average 28.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Lake Country get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −5.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Lake Country get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 447 mm; the range runs from 25 mm in March to 55 mm in June.
Are these figures for Lake Country itself?
Not exactly. Lake Country lacks a normals station, so Kelowna supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lake Country →
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).