Photo: Michael Rogers. Original uploader was Mjrogers50 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Rossland sits near the top of Canadian towns for July heat
Nights in January average −4.0°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 93% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 34°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 122 times a year.
Borrowed figures: Rossland has no normals station, so these come from Warfield, 4.1 km north-east.
A year in Rossland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Rossland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Rossland feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 120 days, 20°C on 125
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 27 nights). Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 38 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 759 mm of rain and snow a year
December brings the most rain and snow; August, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 151 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 47 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Creston, 93 km away (Warfield records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Rossland
91% 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. That means homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Rossland’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 167 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 28 April to a first of 13 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 2 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 44 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Rossland’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Warfield
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Warfield are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 4.1 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 606 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 93 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 41.1°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Nelson, 58 km |
How Rossland 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
Places around Rossland whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Rossland with figures is 37 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossland Warfield | 29.3°C | −4.0°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area G, Central Kootenay 37 km · Nelson | 28.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −2.9°C 1.1°C milder | 759 mm |
Rossland 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 | 0.4°C | −4.0°C | −1.7°C | 93 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 3.3°C | −3.1°C | 0.2°C | 62 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9.1°C | −0.4°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.8°C | 9.1°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.8°C | 7.2°C | 14.0°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 10.3°C | 17.1°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.3°C | 13.0°C | 21.2°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29.5°C | 12.5°C | 21.1°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23.1°C | 8.7°C | 16.0°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −0.6°C | 2.0°C | 86 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0.1°C | −3.9°C | −1.7°C | 98 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 14.4°C | 3.8°C | 9.2°C | 759 mm | 151 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 2.3°C, more than any month, and August least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; June’s run from 1.3°C in 2012 to 41.1°C in 2015.
Where Rossland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Warfield, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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 (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 Rossland’s climate
How warm does Rossland get in summer?
Of all twelve months, August has the warmest afternoons, about 29.5°C.
How cold does Rossland get in winter?
Expect nights around −4.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Rossland get?
A normal year brings 759 mm, snow included as water: December is wettest at 98 mm, August driest at 25 mm.
Are these figures for Rossland itself?
No: Rossland has no normals location, so the figures come from Warfield, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rossland →
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).