Few Canadian towns have warmer summer afternoons than Montrose
On a normal January night the air cools to about −4.0°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: December brings about 4.0 times as much as August. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 93% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 122 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Montrose itself; the figures are those of Warfield, 12 km west.
A year in Montrose at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Montrose’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Montrose feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
120 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
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
About 759 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 47 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Creston, 78 km away (Warfield records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Montrose
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Montrose’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 28 April and the first autumn frost around 13 October: about 167 frost-free days between.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 2 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 44 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Montrose: the 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 | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 606 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 78 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, 50 km |
How Montrose 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Montrose’s would only repeat its figures. Montrose has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 25 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montrose Warfield | 29.3°C | −4.0°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay 25 km · Nelson | 28.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
Montrose 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 |
In June, anything from 1.3°C to 41.1°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.3°C of its normal of 0.2°C; August keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Montrose’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Warfield: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: 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: 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 Montrose’s climate
How warm does Montrose get in summer?
Afternoons average 29.5°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Montrose get in winter?
January nights average −4.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Montrose get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 759 mm a year; December leads with 98 mm and August trails with 25 mm.
Are these figures for Montrose itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Warfield, not in Montrose; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Montrose →
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).