Electoral Area D, North Okanagan sits near the top of Canadian towns for July heat
January mornings start at about −6.4°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 89% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 35°C. If you like long walks, June and September offer highs of 22–24°C.
Borrowed figures: Electoral Area D, North Okanagan has no normals station, so these come from Vernon, 29 km west.
A year in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area D, 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 D, North Okanagan feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 447 mm a year
June is the wettest month and March the driest. About 97 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 93 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 31 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Electoral Area D, North Okanagan
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 6 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 37 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vernon
Vernon is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 29 km 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, 49 km |
How Electoral Area D, North Okanagan compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Electoral Area D, North Okanagan whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 37–46 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area D, North Okanagan.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, North Okanagan Vernon | 28.4°C | −6.4°C | 447 mm |
| Enderby 37 km · Salmon Arm | 28.3°C about the same | −5.6°C 0.8°C milder | 654 mm |
| Lake Country 43 km · Kelowna | 28.5°C about the same | −5.9°C 0.5°C milder | 447 mm |
Electoral Area D, North Okanagan weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
From year to year, January moves by 2.8°C, more than any month, and April least
Over 1991–2020, February saw both −28.0°C (1996) and 13.8°C (2016), the widest span of any month.
Where Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Vernon, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Electoral Area D, North Okanagan’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area D, North Okanagan get in summer?
Afternoons average 28.4°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Electoral Area D, North Okanagan get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −6.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area D, North Okanagan get?
Count on roughly 447 mm a year, heaviest in June (55 mm) and lightest in March (25 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area D, North Okanagan itself?
They are borrowed from Vernon, the nearest place to Electoral Area D, North Okanagan where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
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