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Climate in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Electoral Area E, North Okanagan sits near the top of Canadian towns for July heat

The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −6.4°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 89% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 35°C. About 97 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.

July afternoons: warmer than 98% of Canadian towns

January nights: milder than 89% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: drier than 78% of Canadian towns

Electoral Area E, North Okanagan has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Vernon, 48 km west.

July high

28.4°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−6.4°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

447 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

93 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

135

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−1°C−6°CColdest nights

Feb3°C−5°C

Mar9°C−1°C

Apr15°C2°C

May21°C7°C

Jun24°C10°CWettest

Jul28°C13°CWarmest

Aug28°C12°C

Sep22°C8°C

Oct12°C3°C

Nov now5°C−2°C

Dec0°C−6°CSnowiest

What stands out about Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.

Warmer than 98% of Canadian townsJuly afternoons average 28.4°C, the warmest of the year.Less snowy than 90% of Canadian townsAbout 93 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in December.Milder than 89% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average −6.4°C, the coldest of the year.

A normal year

What a year in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan feels like

Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Winter

1°C / −6°C

106 mm, with 68 cm of snow

Spring

15°C / 3°C

95 mm of rain and snow

Summer

27°C / 12°C

122 mm of rain and snow

Autumn

13°C / 3°C

124 mm, with 18 cm of snow: the wettest season

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21°C7°C

24°C10°C

28°C13°C

28°C12°C

22°C8°C

12°C3°C

5°C−2°C

0°C−6°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best months to be outsideJunSepHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

135 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year

Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. About 29 days a year top 30°C.

135

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

Fewer frosts than 77% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

123

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

447 mm of precipitation in a typical year

June brings the most rain and snow; March, the least.

447 mm

Rain and snow a year

Drier than 78% of Canadian towns

341 mm

Of it as rain alone (76%)

55 mm

June, the wettest month

25 mm

March, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

55 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

46 mm

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Snow

About 93 cm of snow a year

Expect snow from November to March, with about 31 cm in December, the snowiest month.

93 cm

Snowfall a year

Less snowy than 90% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

31 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Electoral Area E, North Okanagan

91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

3,736 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,136 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. A house here needs less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s climate

What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.

Get outside

The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun and Sep.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 6 days a year.

Humidex

Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 37 days a year.

Storms and extremes

A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s hazards page looks at those.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Vernon

ECCC builds the Vernon normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.

Distance from the town	48 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	Nakusp, 58 km

Compared with other towns

How Electoral Area E, North Okanagan 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.

July afternoons28.4°C

Electoral Area E, North OkanaganMedian Canadian town

14°C18°C22°C26°C30°C

Warmer than 98% of Canadian towns

January nights−6.4°C

Electoral Area E, North OkanaganMedian Canadian town

−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C0°C5°C

Milder than 89% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year447 mm

Electoral Area E, North OkanaganMedian Canadian town

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Drier than 78% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year93 cm

Electoral Area E, North OkanaganMedian Canadian town

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Less snowy than 90% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Electoral Area E, North Okanagan with figures are 52–59 km away.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Electoral Area E, North Okanagan Vernon	28.4°C	−6.4°C	447 mm
Enderby 52 km · Salmon Arm	28.3°C about the same	−5.6°C 0.8°C milder	654 mm
Electoral Area K, Central Kootenay 57 km · Nakusp	27.4°C 1.0°C cooler	−3.8°C 2.6°C milder	447 mm
Lake Country 58 km · Kelowna	28.5°C about the same	−5.9°C 0.5°C milder	447 mm

Month by month

Electoral Area E, North Okanagan weather by month

Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.

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

Year to year

January varies most from one year to the next (2.8°C), April least

Over 1991–2020, February saw both −28.0°C (1996) and 13.8°C (2016), the widest span of any month.

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Sources

Where Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Vernon (the closest location with all twelve months 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Electoral Area E, North Okanagan’s climate

How warm does Electoral Area E, North Okanagan get in summer?

Expect highs near 28.4°C in July, the hottest month on average.

How cold does Electoral Area E, North Okanagan get in winter?

Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −6.4°C.

How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, 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 E, North Okanagan itself?

Not exactly. Electoral Area E, North Okanagan lacks a normals station, so Vernon supplies the figures.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, North Okanagan →

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).