Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Salmo
On a normal January night the air cools to about −2.9°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 32°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 94% of Canadian towns. Expect about 100 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
These are not Salmo’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Nelson, 33 km north.
A year in Salmo at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Salmo’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Salmo feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
100 frost days and 120 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 23 nights. About 27 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
Rain and melted snow: about 759 mm a year
The most falls in December, the least in August. Some 122 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Warfield, 36 km away (Nelson records no complete year of it).
Snowfall: about 151 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 47 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Nelson normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Creston, 56 km away.
Heating a home in Salmo
90% 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. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Salmo’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 2 days a year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 38 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Salmo’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Nelson
Nelson is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 33 km north |
| Station altitude | 535 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Warfield, 36 km |
| Snowfall from | Creston, 56 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −19.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.7°C |
| Average wind | 8.1 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Warfield, 36 km |
How Salmo 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
Places around Salmo whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Salmo with figures is 21 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmo Nelson | 28.5°C | −2.9°C | 759 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Kootenay Boundary 21 km · Warfield | 29.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −4.0°C 1.1°C colder | 759 mm |
Salmo weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C | −2.9°C | −0.7°C | 93 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 4.1°C | −2.9°C | 0.6°C | 62 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 8.9°C | −0.2°C | 4.4°C | 61 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 14.5°C | 2.7°C | 8.6°C | 54 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 20.1°C | 6.5°C | 13.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.9°C | 9.8°C | 16.4°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.5°C | 12.7°C | 20.7°C | 47 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.1°C | 12.6°C | 20.4°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.9°C | 8.8°C | 15.4°C | 32 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.1°C | 3.9°C | 8.5°C | 62 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | 0.3°C | 2.9°C | 86 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 1.0°C | −3.0°C | −1.0°C | 98 mm | 47 cm |
| Year | 14.2°C | 4.0°C | 9.1°C | 759 mm | 151 cm |
From −1.1°C to 35.8°C: September’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 1.9°C around its normal of 0.6°C, the widest of any month, while April’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Salmo’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Nelson, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Salmo’s climate
How warm does Salmo get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 28.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Salmo get in winter?
The coldest nights come in December, averaging −3.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Salmo get?
The year adds up to 759 mm. December is the peak month (98 mm) and August the low one (25 mm).
Are these figures for Salmo itself?
Not directly: Salmo has no ECCC normals of its own, and Nelson stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Salmo →
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).