Photo: SoftwareSimian · CC BY-SA 3.0Pemberton is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 2,344 mm of rain and snow a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −4.9°C on average. Its July heat outdoes that of 97% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 33°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Pemberton station, 4.4 km south-east.
A year in Pemberton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pemberton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Pemberton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 118 frosts and 119 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 25 nights). About 32 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
2,344 mm of precipitation in a typical year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. 2nd wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. About 148 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Squamish, 65 km away (Pemberton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Pemberton
91% 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. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pemberton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 3 days a year.
About 38 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Pemberton’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pemberton
ECCC builds the Pemberton normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 4.4 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 203 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Squamish, 65 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.6°C |
| Average wind | 3.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Squamish, 65 km |
How Pemberton 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 Pemberton’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Pemberton with figures are 70–74 km away.
Pemberton weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.3°C | −4.9°C | −2.6°C | 379 mm |
| February | 4.1°C | −3.4°C | 0.4°C | 195 mm |
| March | 9.7°C | −0.8°C | 4.5°C | 246 mm |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.6°C | 9.1°C | 150 mm |
| May | 21.0°C | 6.2°C | 13.7°C | 88 mm |
| June | 23.7°C | 9.4°C | 16.6°C | 67 mm |
| July | 28.1°C | 11.5°C | 19.8°C | 48 mm |
| August | 27.7°C | 11.0°C | 19.4°C | 54 mm |
| September | 22.2°C | 7.7°C | 15.0°C | 125 mm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 271 mm |
| November | 4.1°C | −0.7°C | 1.8°C | 383 mm |
| December | −0.3°C | −4.4°C | −2.3°C | 340 mm |
| Year | 14.1°C | 3.2°C | 8.6°C | 2,344 mm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.4°C; August the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −15.2°C (1991) and 24.7°C (2016).
Where Pemberton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Pemberton: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Pemberton’s climate
How warm does Pemberton get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 28.1°C.
How cold does Pemberton get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −4.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Pemberton get?
November is the wettest month at 383 mm and July the driest at 48 mm, for 2,344 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Pemberton itself?
Yes, from ECCC’s station within Pemberton’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pemberton →
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).