Photo: Glen Jackson glen_jackson · CC0Maple Ridge sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 1,649 mm a year
January nights here settle around 0.5°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: January brings about 7.0 times as much as August. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 95% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Maple Ridge has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Pitt Meadows, 7.7 km west.
A year in Maple Ridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Maple Ridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Maple Ridge feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
60 frost days and 107 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 15 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
1,649 mm of precipitation in a typical year
10th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 148 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
56 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in January (about 22 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Pitt Meadows normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Abbotsford, 27 km away.
Heating a home in Maple Ridge
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November 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 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Maple Ridge’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 11 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 30 October, ends a season of about 201 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 26 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Maple Ridge’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pitt Meadows
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Pitt Meadows.
| Distance from the town | 7.7 km west |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Abbotsford, 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −16.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.6°C |
| Average wind | 4.8 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Abbotsford, 27 km |
How Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge’s own would show the same figures). Maple Ridge has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–29 km out.
Maple Ridge weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 0.5°C | 3.6°C | 252 mm | 22 cm |
| February | 8.8°C | 0.4°C | 4.6°C | 134 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 11.3°C | 2.3°C | 6.8°C | 173 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 14.9°C | 4.5°C | 9.7°C | 105 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 7.9°C | 13.5°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.8°C | 16.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 12.6°C | 18.8°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.4°C | 18.8°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.0°C | 5.9°C | 10.5°C | 180 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9.6°C | 2.4°C | 6.0°C | 249 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 214 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 15.4°C | 5.8°C | 10.6°C | 1,649 mm | 56 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 1.7°C of normal, against the steadier October
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than September, between 0.9°C (2000) and 34.4°C (2017).
Where Maple Ridge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Pitt Meadows, 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: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Maple Ridge’s climate
How warm does Maple Ridge get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in August, at about 25.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Maple Ridge get in winter?
Lows sink to 0.1°C on an average December night.
How much rain and snow does Maple Ridge get?
1,649 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is January (252 mm); the driest, August (36 mm).
Are these figures for Maple Ridge itself?
No, the station behind them is Pitt Meadows, beyond Maple Ridge’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Maple Ridge →
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).