Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainElectoral Area C, Strathcona is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,482 mm of rain and snow a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.5°C. Some 24°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. In January, nights here are milder than in 94% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 20–24°C.
No ECCC station in Electoral Area C, Strathcona has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Campbell River, 15 km south, instead.
A year in Electoral Area C, Strathcona at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area C, 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 C, Strathcona feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 85 frosts and 85 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 16 nights. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 6 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,482 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in December, the least in July. On about 158 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 89 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 24 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Electoral Area C, Strathcona
85% 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. That means homes here need less heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 27 April to about 13 October, some 168 days in a normal year.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 15 km south |
| 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, 45 km |
How Electoral Area C, Strathcona 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 Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Electoral Area C, Strathcona with figures is 34 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area C, Strathcona Campbell River | 23.5°C | −0.5°C | 1,482 mm |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley 34 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C 2.0°C milder | 1,152 mm |
Electoral Area C, Strathcona weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 1.8°C; the steadiest, October
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; September’s run from −2.5°C in 2019 to 33.5°C in 2017.
Where Electoral Area C, Strathcona’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Campbell River: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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 C, Strathcona’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area C, Strathcona get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 23.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Electoral Area C, Strathcona get in winter?
Lows sink to −0.6°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area C, Strathcona get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,482 mm: 241 mm in December, the wettest month, and 33 mm in July, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 19 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Electoral Area C, Strathcona itself?
Not quite: they come from Campbell River, the closest ECCC normals location to Electoral Area C, Strathcona.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area C, Strathcona →
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