Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Roberts Creek
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.0°C on average. November is the wettest month, July the driest. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 97% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to March, when means dip under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Roberts Creek has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Vancouver (Harbour), 39 km east, instead.
A year in Roberts Creek at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Roberts Creek’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Roberts Creek feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 6 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,537 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 14 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 41 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Roberts Creek
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Roberts Creek’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Roberts Creek’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 39 km east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 41 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 41 km |
How Roberts Creek compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Roberts Creek’s own would show the same figures). Roberts Creek has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 30–37 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Creek Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Electoral Area B, Nanaimo 30 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast 37 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C 1.8°C colder | 1,152 mm |
Roberts Creek 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 | 7.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.3°C | 237 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.9°C | 117 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.6°C | 7.6°C | 163 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.9°C | 6.9°C | 10.4°C | 118 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 14.9°C | 19.0°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 14.8°C | 18.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 12.1°C | 15.8°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.6°C | 11.2°C | 157 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.7°C | 5.3°C | 7.5°C | 245 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.2°C | 200 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.5°C | 8.3°C | 11.4°C | 1,537 mm | 37 cm |
June has run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 1.5°C from 5.3°C. July moves least, typically by 0.8°C.
Where Roberts Creek’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Vancouver (Harbour): 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Roberts Creek’s climate
How warm does Roberts Creek get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Roberts Creek get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to December, at about 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Roberts Creek get?
November is the wettest month at 245 mm and July the driest at 44 mm, for 1,537 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Roberts Creek itself?
They are borrowed from Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest place to Roberts Creek where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Roberts Creek →
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).