Photo: The Interior · CC BY-SA 4.0Salmon Arm has some of the warmest summer afternoons among Canadian towns
Nights in January average −5.6°C. Of all months, November brings the most precipitation and August the least. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 93% of Canadian towns. About 121 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Salmon Arm (2.8 km south-east).
A year in Salmon Arm at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Salmon Arm’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Salmon Arm feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 127 frosts and 125 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 27 nights). About 26 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
About 654 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 203 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 71 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Salmon Arm
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Salmon Arm’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 160 frost-free days: the last frost averages 28 April, the first 6 October.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 5 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 46 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Salmon Arm’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Salmon Arm
ECCC builds the Salmon Arm normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 2.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 527 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −27.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.9°C |
| Average wind | 4.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Vernon, 50 km |
How Salmon Arm 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Salmon Arm’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 30–46 km from Salmon Arm.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salmon Arm | 28.3°C | −5.6°C | 654 mm |
| Armstrong 30 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C 0.8°C colder | 447 mm |
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola 43 km · Kamloops | 29.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −5.7°C about the same | 273 mm |
Salmon Arm weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C | −5.6°C | −2.6°C | 78 mm | 69 cm |
| February | 3.3°C | −5.1°C | −0.9°C | 37 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 9.3°C | −1.5°C | 3.9°C | 39 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.3°C | 8.9°C | 41 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 21.1°C | 7.0°C | 14.1°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 10.5°C | 17.3°C | 64 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.3°C | 12.8°C | 20.6°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.6°C | 11.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 7.5°C | 14.5°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.8°C | 2.6°C | 7.7°C | 61 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −1.2°C | 2.2°C | 83 mm | 28 cm |
| December | 0.9°C | −4.9°C | −2.1°C | 78 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 14.2°C | 3.0°C | 8.6°C | 654 mm | 203 cm |
From −25.7°C to 17.8°C: November’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.9°C from −0.9°C. August moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Salmon Arm’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Salmon Arm: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Salmon Arm’s climate
How warm does Salmon Arm get in summer?
Afternoons average 28.3°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Salmon Arm get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −5.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Salmon Arm get?
November is the wettest month at 83 mm and August the driest at 35 mm, for 654 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Salmon Arm itself?
Yes: ECCC’s normals station is inside Salmon Arm itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Salmon Arm →
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).