Photo: Gerry Thomasen from Nanaimo, Canada · CC BY 2.0Electoral Area B, Strathcona is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,482 mm of rain and snow a year
Sunny July days climb to about 23.5°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 94% of Canadian towns. Precipitation follows the seasons: December brings about 7.3 times as much as July. Expect about 85 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Electoral Area B, Strathcona has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Campbell River, 25 km south-west.
A year in Electoral Area B, Strathcona at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area B, Strathcona’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 B, Strathcona feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 85 frosts and 85 warm days a year
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 16. Some 6 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,482 mm a year
About 158 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
89 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; January brings the most, about 24 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area B, Strathcona
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area B, Strathcona’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 27 April to 13 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 168 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Electoral Area B, Strathcona: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Campbell River
Campbell River is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 25 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 109 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −18.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Next-nearest location | Comox, 37 km |
How Electoral Area B, Strathcona 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 B, Strathcona’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Electoral Area B, Strathcona with figures is 23 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area B, Strathcona Campbell River | 23.5°C | −0.5°C | 1,482 mm |
| Electoral Area A, qathet 23 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C 2.0°C milder | 1,152 mm |
Electoral Area B, Strathcona 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 | 5.6°C | −0.5°C | 2.6°C | 218 mm | 24 cm |
| February | 7.0°C | −0.6°C | 3.2°C | 139 mm | 19 cm |
| March | 9.6°C | 0.8°C | 5.2°C | 129 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 13.1°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 6.7°C | 12.2°C | 60 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.0°C | 9.6°C | 14.9°C | 61 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 11.9°C | 17.7°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 11.5°C | 17.6°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 14.0°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 4.4°C | 8.7°C | 178 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 1.2°C | 4.6°C | 221 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 5.1°C | −0.5°C | 2.3°C | 241 mm | 22 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 4.7°C | 9.2°C | 1,482 mm | 89 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 1.8°C, more than any month, and October least
Over 1991–2020, September saw both −2.5°C (2019) and 33.5°C (2017), the widest span of any month.
Where Electoral Area B, Strathcona’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Campbell River, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area B, Strathcona’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area B, Strathcona get in summer?
On a normal day in August the thermometer climbs to 23.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Electoral Area B, Strathcona get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −0.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area B, Strathcona get?
About 1,482 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. December is the wettest month (241 mm) and July the driest (33 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 19 days a year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area B, Strathcona itself?
They describe Campbell River, the nearest normals location, rather than Electoral Area B, Strathcona itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area B, Strathcona →
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