Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet: 2,344 mm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 28.1°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 97% of Canadian towns. November is the wettest month here, with about 8.1 times the rain and snow of July. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Pemberton, 5.3 km south-east.
A year in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 118 frosts and 119 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 25 nights. Some 32 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 2,344 mm of rain and snow a year
2nd wettest of 256 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 148 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Squamish, 66 km away (Pemberton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 3 days a year.
Roughly 38 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pemberton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Pemberton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 5.3 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 203 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Squamish, 66 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.6°C |
| Average wind | 3.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Squamish, 66 km |
How Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet with figures are 71–73 km away.
Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.3°C | −4.9°C | −2.6°C | 379 mm |
| February | 4.1°C | −3.4°C | 0.4°C | 195 mm |
| March | 9.7°C | −0.8°C | 4.5°C | 246 mm |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.6°C | 9.1°C | 150 mm |
| May | 21.0°C | 6.2°C | 13.7°C | 88 mm |
| June | 23.7°C | 9.4°C | 16.6°C | 67 mm |
| July | 28.1°C | 11.5°C | 19.8°C | 48 mm |
| August | 27.7°C | 11.0°C | 19.4°C | 54 mm |
| September | 22.2°C | 7.7°C | 15.0°C | 125 mm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 271 mm |
| November | 4.1°C | −0.7°C | 1.8°C | 383 mm |
| December | −0.3°C | −4.4°C | −2.3°C | 340 mm |
| Year | 14.1°C | 3.2°C | 8.6°C | 2,344 mm |
The month with the widest range: March, −15.2°C to 24.7°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.4°C around −2.6°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Pemberton, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: 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: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet get in summer?
Expect highs near 28.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −4.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet get?
2,344 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is November (383 mm); the driest, July (48 mm).
Are these figures for Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet itself?
Not exactly. Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet lacks a normals station, so Pemberton supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area C, Squamish-Lillooet →
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