Photo: Jack Borno · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Naramata
Nights in January average −3.2°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 32°C. It is a dry place: less rain and snow fall here than on almost every Canadian town. Windshields need scraping on about 109 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
These are not Naramata’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Penticton, 15 km south.
A year in Naramata at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Naramata’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Naramata feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 109 frosts and 133 warm days a year
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 21. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 29 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
344 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 75 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 62 cm of snow a year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 20 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Naramata
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Naramata’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 30 April until frost returns near 8 October: about 160 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 4 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 38 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Naramata: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Penticton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Penticton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 15 km south |
| Station altitude | 344 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −21.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 11.5 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Kelowna, 43 km |
How Naramata 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Naramata’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Naramata with figures is 24 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naramata Penticton | 29.2°C | −3.2°C | 344 mm |
| Peachland 24 km · Kelowna | 28.5°C 0.7°C cooler | −5.9°C 2.7°C colder | 344 mm |
Naramata 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 | 1.6°C | −3.2°C | −0.8°C | 28 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 4.6°C | −3.1°C | 0.8°C | 19 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 10.2°C | −0.6°C | 4.9°C | 23 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 15.7°C | 2.4°C | 9.1°C | 26 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 21.4°C | 7.1°C | 14.3°C | 38 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.6°C | 10.6°C | 17.6°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.2°C | 13.5°C | 21.4°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.4°C | 12.8°C | 20.6°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.6°C | 8.5°C | 15.6°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 3.5°C | 8.9°C | 29 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.4°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −2.8°C | −0.4°C | 30 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 15.1°C | 4.1°C | 9.6°C | 344 mm | 62 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.4°C; the steadiest month is August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. May spans the most, from −4.2°C (2013) to 33.8°C (2006).
Where Naramata’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Penticton, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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, 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 Naramata’s climate
How warm does Naramata get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 29.2°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Naramata get in winter?
Expect nights around −3.2°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Naramata get?
Measured as water, a year brings 344 mm: 44 mm in June, the wettest month, and 19 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 25 days a year.
Are these figures for Naramata itself?
They are borrowed from Penticton, the nearest place to Naramata where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Naramata →
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).