Spallumcheen sits near the top of Canadian towns for July heat
Deep winter brings January lows near −6.4°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is March. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 89% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 135 days a year at 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Spallumcheen is Vernon, 18 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Spallumcheen at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Spallumcheen’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Spallumcheen feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
135 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 29 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 447 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 97 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 93 cm in a normal year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 31 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Spallumcheen
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Spallumcheen’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 6 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 37 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Spallumcheen’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vernon
Vernon is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 427 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Salmon Arm, 31 km |
How Spallumcheen 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 Spallumcheen whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spallumcheen Vernon | 28.4°C | −6.4°C | 447 mm |
| Armstrong 3.5 km · Vernon | 28.4°C about the same | −6.4°C about the same | 447 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap 16 km · Salmon Arm | 28.3°C about the same | −5.6°C 0.8°C milder | 654 mm |
Spallumcheen 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 | −0.5°C | −6.4°C | −3.5°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 2.8°C | −5.0°C | −1.1°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.0°C | −1.2°C | 3.9°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.3°C | 8.7°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.9°C | 6.8°C | 13.9°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.2°C | 17.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.4°C | 12.7°C | 20.6°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.9°C | 12.1°C | 20.0°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.9°C | 7.6°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −1.8°C | 1.4°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | −0.2°C | −5.8°C | −3.0°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 2.9°C | 8.4°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.8°C; April the least
February has the widest record range, −28.0°C in 1996 to 13.8°C in 2016; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Spallumcheen’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Vernon, 1991–2020.
- 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 Spallumcheen’s climate
How warm does Spallumcheen get in summer?
Expect highs near 28.4°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Spallumcheen get in winter?
Overnight lows average −6.4°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Spallumcheen get?
June is the wettest month at 55 mm and March the driest at 25 mm, for 447 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Spallumcheen itself?
No, the station behind them is Vernon, beyond Spallumcheen’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Spallumcheen →
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).