Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,482 mm of rain and snow a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.5°C. The wettest month is December; the driest is July. Its January nights stay gentler than in 94% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 85 days a year at 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona itself; the figures are those of Campbell River, 7.0 km north-west.
A year in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), 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 D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), 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
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 16 nights). About 6 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,482 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 158 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
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 D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. A house here needs less heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
A normal year gives the garden about 168 frost-free days, roughly 27 April to 13 October.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Campbell River
ECCC builds the Campbell River normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 7.0 km north-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, 30 km |
How Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), 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 D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 17 km from Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona Campbell River | 23.5°C | −0.5°C | 1,482 mm |
| Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley 17 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C 2.0°C milder | 1,152 mm |
Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.8°C; October the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in September: a low of −2.5°C in 2019 and a high of 33.5°C in 2017.
Where Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Campbell River, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 23.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to −0.6°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,482 mm; the range runs from 33 mm in July to 241 mm in December.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 19 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona itself?
No, they come from Campbell River; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona →
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