Photo: calind · CC BY-SA 3.0Electoral Area D, Peace River sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
In January the night’s low is typically −19.4°C. Frost is common: about 204 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: July gets about 4.1 times what April does. Plan for rain or snow on about 80 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are not Electoral Area D, Peace River’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Dawson Creek, 12 km east.
A year in Electoral Area D, Peace River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area D, 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 D, Peace River feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 204 days, 20°C on 77
Frost comes from August to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights 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 421 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
177 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from September to May, with about 34 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Electoral Area D, Peace River
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 97% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area D, Peace River’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 84 frost-free days, roughly 5 June to 29 August.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Electoral Area D, Peace River’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Dawson Creek
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Dawson Creek are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 655 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −49.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Fort St. John, 57 km |
How Electoral Area D, 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area D, Peace River’s own would show the same figures). Electoral Area D, Peace River has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 48 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, Peace River Dawson Creek | 22.5°C | −19.4°C | 421 mm |
| Taylor 48 km · Fort St. John | 21.7°C 0.8°C cooler | −16.7°C 2.7°C milder | 464 mm |
Electoral Area D, 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 | −7.6°C | −19.4°C | −13.5°C | 28 mm | 34 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −15.8°C | −9.7°C | 19 mm | 23 cm |
| March | 0.3°C | −11.4°C | −5.6°C | 22 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 9.6°C | −3.2°C | 3.2°C | 19 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16.6°C | 2.2°C | 9.4°C | 32 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 20.3°C | 7.2°C | 13.8°C | 57 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.5°C | 9.2°C | 15.9°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.7°C | 7.3°C | 14.5°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.7°C | 3.6°C | 10.1°C | 38 mm | 3 cm |
| October | 9.2°C | −2.2°C | 3.5°C | 27 mm | 15 cm |
| November | −0.4°C | −11.2°C | −5.8°C | 29 mm | 29 cm |
| December | −5.2°C | −16.3°C | −10.8°C | 22 mm | 27 cm |
| Year | 8.3°C | −4.2°C | 2.1°C | 421 mm | 177 cm |
From −48.0°C to 16.6°C: January’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 5.1°C around −13.5°C) and June least (0.9°C).
Where Electoral Area D, Peace River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Dawson Creek: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 D, Peace River’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area D, Peace River get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 22.5°C.
How cold does Electoral Area D, Peace River get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −19.4°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area D, Peace River get?
Rain and snow add up to about 421 mm of water a year; July brings the most (80 mm), April the least (19 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area D, Peace River itself?
No, the station behind them is Dawson Creek, beyond Electoral Area D, Peace River’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area D, 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).