Photo: Mangoandmay · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly any Canadian towns see hotter July days than Sicamous
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −5.6°C on average. Expect the most rain and snow in November and the least in August. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 93% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 127 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
ECCC publishes no normals for Sicamous itself; the figures are those of Salmon Arm, 24 km south-west.
A year in Sicamous at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sicamous’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Sicamous feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 127 days, 20°C on 125
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 27. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 26 days a year.
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
Some 121 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
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 Sicamous
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 Sicamous’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 160 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 28 April to a first of 6 October.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 5 days a year.
Roughly 46 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Sicamous’s hazards page.
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 | 24 km south-west |
| 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 | Revelstoke, 58 km |
How Sicamous 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 Sicamous whose figures come from another normals location. Sicamous has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 46–63 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sicamous Salmon Arm | 28.3°C | −5.6°C | 654 mm |
| Armstrong 46 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C 0.8°C colder | 447 mm |
| Revelstoke 58 km · Revelstoke | 26.5°C 1.8°C cooler | −5.7°C about the same | 654 mm |
Sicamous weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 2.9°C; the steadiest, August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. November spans the most, from −25.7°C (2006) to 17.8°C (2016).
Where Sicamous’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Salmon Arm, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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 Sicamous’s climate
How warm does Sicamous get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 28.3°C.
How cold does Sicamous get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −5.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Sicamous get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 654 mm a year; November leads with 83 mm and August trails with 35 mm.
Are these figures for Sicamous itself?
Not as such: Salmon Arm is the nearest normals location, and Sicamous has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sicamous →
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).