Photo: Mengqiu Chen · CC BY 3.0Electoral Area E, Peace River sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −16.7°C on average. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 38°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 80% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 185 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Every figure here comes from Fort St. John, 79 km north-east; ECCC has no normals closer to Electoral Area E, Peace River, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Electoral Area E, Peace River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, 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 E, Peace River feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
185 frost days and 65 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 37 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 464 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; April, the least. About 86 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
206 cm of snow in a typical 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 E, Peace River
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area E, Peace River’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 12 May and the first autumn frost around 16 September: about 127 frost-free days between.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 70 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 3 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Electoral Area E, Peace River’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fort St. John
ECCC builds the Fort St. John normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 79 km north-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, 82 km |
How Electoral Area E, 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Electoral Area E, Peace River’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 67 km from Electoral Area E, Peace River.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Peace River Fort St. John | 21.7°C | −16.7°C | 464 mm |
| Tumbler Ridge 67 km · Dawson Creek | 22.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −19.4°C 2.7°C colder | 421 mm |
Electoral Area E, 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 |
From year to year, December moves by 4.9°C, more than any month, and June least
January has the widest record range, −43.6°C in 1996 to 12.9°C in 2003; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Electoral Area E, Peace River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Fort St. John, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area E, Peace River’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area E, Peace River get in summer?
Expect highs near 21.7°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Electoral Area E, Peace River get in winter?
Lows sink to −16.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, Peace River get?
Measured as water, a year brings 464 mm: 77 mm in July, the wettest month, and 21 mm in April, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 152 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Electoral Area E, Peace River itself?
No: they come from Fort St. John, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Electoral Area E, Peace River.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, 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).