Photo: awmcphee · CC BY-SA 4.0Electoral Area C, Peace River has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −16.7°C. July is the wettest month, April the driest. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 80% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 86 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Fort St. John, 10 km east.
A year in Electoral Area C, Peace River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, 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 C, Peace River feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
185 frost days and 65 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. 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
About 464 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 206 cm in a normal year
From September to May snow is likely; November is the peak, at about 38 cm. 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 C, 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. A house here needs more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area C, Peace River’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 127 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 12 May to a first of 16 September.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Roughly 70 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 3 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Electoral Area C, Peace River’s 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 | 10 km east |
| 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, 73 km |
How Electoral Area C, Peace River 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area C, Peace River’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 64 km from Electoral Area C, Peace River, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Peace River Fort St. John | 21.7°C | −16.7°C | 464 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Peace River 64 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −19.4°C 2.7°C colder | 421 mm |
Electoral Area C, Peace River 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 | −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 |
January: −43.6°C at its coldest, 12.9°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, December’s average typically shifts by 4.9°C around its normal of −10.8°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Electoral Area C, Peace River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Fort St. John, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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, Peace River’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area C, Peace River get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 21.7°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Electoral Area C, Peace River get in winter?
January nights average −16.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area C, Peace River get?
Around 464 mm a year in all, from 77 mm in July down to 21 mm in April.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 152 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Electoral Area C, Peace River itself?
Yes. Fort St. John, where ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals were measured, lies within Electoral Area C, Peace River.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area C, 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).