Photo: tuchodi from Fort St. John, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Electoral Area B, Peace River has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −16.7°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 80% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 38°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Windshields need scraping on about 185 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
These are not Electoral Area B, Peace River’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Fort St. John, 31 km south.
A year in Electoral Area B, Peace River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area B, Peace River’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, Peace River feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 185 frosts and 65 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 37 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
464 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July is the wettest month and April the driest. On about 86 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
206 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 38 cm in November, the snowiest month. 9th snowiest of 252 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area B, Peace River
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area B, Peace River’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 12 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 16 September, about 127 days later.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 70 days in a normal year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 3 days in a normal year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Electoral Area B, Peace River: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fort St. John
Fort St. John is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 31 km south |
| Station altitude | 695 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.5°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Dawson Creek, 96 km |
How Electoral Area B, Peace River 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 Electoral Area B, Peace River’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Electoral Area B, Peace River with figures is 88 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Peace River Fort St. John | 21.7°C | −16.7°C | 464 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River 88 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −19.4°C 2.7°C colder | 421 mm |
Electoral Area B, Peace River 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 | −8.6°C | −16.7°C | −12.7°C | 28 mm | 34 cm |
| February | −5.4°C | −14.0°C | −9.7°C | 21 mm | 26 cm |
| March | −0.5°C | −9.8°C | −5.2°C | 27 mm | 30 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −1.5°C | 3.8°C | 21 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 16.0°C | 4.2°C | 10.1°C | 34 mm | 7 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 8.7°C | 14.2°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 21.7°C | 10.7°C | 16.3°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.8°C | 9.3°C | 15.0°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.7°C | 5.1°C | 10.4°C | 42 mm | 5 cm |
| October | 7.7°C | −0.7°C | 3.5°C | 33 mm | 22 cm |
| November | −2.4°C | −9.7°C | −6.1°C | 35 mm | 38 cm |
| December | −6.9°C | −14.6°C | −10.8°C | 24 mm | 29 cm |
| Year | 7.2°C | −2.4°C | 2.4°C | 464 mm | 206 cm |
The most changeable month: December, give or take 4.9°C; the steadiest, June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; January’s run from −43.6°C in 1996 to 12.9°C in 2003.
Where Electoral Area B, Peace River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Fort St. John, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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, Peace River’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area B, Peace River get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 21.7°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Electoral Area B, Peace River get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area B, Peace River get?
The yearly total is about 464 mm. July gets 77 mm, the most of any month; April gets 21 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 152 days a year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area B, Peace River itself?
They describe Fort St. John, the nearest normals location, rather than Electoral Area B, Peace River itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area B, Peace River →
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).