Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Electoral Area B, Nanaimo
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 22.4°C on average. Precipitation follows the seasons: November brings about 5.1 times as much as July. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 96% of Canadian towns. About 137 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
No ECCC station in Electoral Area B, Nanaimo has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Vancouver International (Airport), 44 km east, instead.
A year in Electoral Area B, Nanaimo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’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 B, Nanaimo feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
40 frost days and 79 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at about 10 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,160 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 14 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area B, Nanaimo
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need less heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 235 frost-free days: the last frost averages 19 March, the first 10 November.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 6 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver International (Airport)
ECCC builds the Vancouver International (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 44 km east |
| Station altitude | 4 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −15.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 13.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver (Harbour), 50 km |
How Electoral Area B, Nanaimo 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 Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s would only repeat its figures. Electoral Area B, Nanaimo has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–31 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C | 1.4°C | 1,160 mm |
| Ladysmith 20 km · Victoria (Airport) | 22.7°C about the same | 1.6°C about the same | 901 mm |
| Roberts Creek 30 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C 0.6°C warmer | 3.3°C 1.9°C milder | 1,537 mm |
| Fairwinds 31 km · Comox | 23.1°C 0.7°C warmer | 1.5°C about the same | 1,152 mm |
Electoral Area B, Nanaimo 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 | 1.4°C | 4.1°C | 174 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 7.9°C | 1.5°C | 4.7°C | 91 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.1°C | 3.3°C | 6.7°C | 106 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.1°C | 5.7°C | 9.4°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 9.0°C | 13.0°C | 59 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 19.6°C | 11.9°C | 15.8°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.4°C | 13.9°C | 18.2°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 14.0°C | 18.2°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 11.2°C | 15.2°C | 52 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.5°C | 7.0°C | 10.3°C | 124 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.3°C | 3.6°C | 6.4°C | 175 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 6.6°C | 1.2°C | 3.9°C | 172 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.0°C | 7.0°C | 10.5°C | 1,160 mm | 37 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.7°C; August the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than December, between −15.2°C (2008) and 14.3°C (2005).
Where Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Vancouver International (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Electoral Area B, Nanaimo’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area B, Nanaimo get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 22.4°C.
How cold does Electoral Area B, Nanaimo get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to December, at about 1.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area B, Nanaimo get?
Around 1,160 mm a year in all, from 175 mm in November down to 34 mm in July.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 8 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Electoral Area B, Nanaimo itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Vancouver International (Airport), since Electoral Area B, Nanaimo has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area B, Nanaimo →
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