Electoral Area C, North Okanagan sits near the top of Canadian towns for July heat
Midwinter brings lows of about −6.4°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 35°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 89% of Canadian towns. Expect about 135 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Borrowed figures: Electoral Area C, North Okanagan has no normals station, so these come from Vernon, 6.8 km south-west.
A year in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’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 C, North Okanagan feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
135 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 29 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
Rain and melted snow: about 447 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; March, the least. 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
About 93 cm of snow a year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 31 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Electoral Area C, North Okanagan
91% 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. By this count, homes here need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 6 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Roughly 37 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vernon
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Vernon are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 427 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Kelowna, 38 km |
How Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 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 C, North Okanagan’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 28–41 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area C, North Okanagan.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, North Okanagan Vernon | 28.4°C | −6.4°C | 447 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap 28 km · Salmon Arm | 28.3°C about the same | −5.6°C 0.8°C milder | 654 mm |
| Lake Country 29 km · Kelowna | 28.5°C about the same | −5.9°C 0.5°C milder | 447 mm |
Electoral Area C, North Okanagan 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 | −0.5°C | −6.4°C | −3.5°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 2.8°C | −5.0°C | −1.1°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.0°C | −1.2°C | 3.9°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.3°C | 8.7°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.9°C | 6.8°C | 13.9°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.2°C | 17.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.4°C | 12.7°C | 20.6°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.9°C | 12.1°C | 20.0°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.9°C | 7.6°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −1.8°C | 1.4°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | −0.2°C | −5.8°C | −3.0°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 2.9°C | 8.4°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
A February here can run from −28.0°C to 13.8°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.8°C around −3.5°C), April the one that wanders least (±1.2°C).
Where Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Vernon from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area C, North Okanagan’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area C, North Okanagan get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 28.4°C.
How cold does Electoral Area C, North Okanagan get in winter?
Overnight lows average −6.4°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area C, North Okanagan get?
About 447 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (55 mm) and March the driest (25 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area C, North Okanagan itself?
They are borrowed from Vernon, the nearest place to Electoral Area C, North Okanagan where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area C, North Okanagan →
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