Photo: (WT-shared) Bulliver at wts wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 1.0Few Canadian towns have warmer summer afternoons than Summerland
Midwinter brings lows of about −3.2°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of almost every Canadian town. About 75 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Summerland itself; the figures are those of Penticton, 17 km south.
A year in Summerland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Summerland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Summerland feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 109 days, 20°C on 133
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in December at about 21 nights. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 344 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 62 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to March, most of all in December (about 20 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Summerland
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Summerland’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 160 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 30 April to a first of 8 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 4 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
On some 38 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Summerland’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Penticton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Penticton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 17 km south |
| Station altitude | 344 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −21.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.6°C |
| Average wind | 11.5 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Kelowna, 45 km |
How Summerland 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Summerland’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 20 km from Summerland.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summerland Penticton | 29.2°C | −3.2°C | 344 mm |
| Peachland 20 km · Kelowna | 28.5°C 0.7°C cooler | −5.9°C 2.7°C colder | 344 mm |
Summerland weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C | −3.2°C | −0.8°C | 28 mm | 19 cm |
| February | 4.6°C | −3.1°C | 0.8°C | 19 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 10.2°C | −0.6°C | 4.9°C | 23 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 15.7°C | 2.4°C | 9.1°C | 26 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 21.4°C | 7.1°C | 14.3°C | 38 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.6°C | 10.6°C | 17.6°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.2°C | 13.5°C | 21.4°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.4°C | 12.8°C | 20.6°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.6°C | 8.5°C | 15.6°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 3.5°C | 8.9°C | 29 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.4°C | 28 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −2.8°C | −0.4°C | 30 mm | 20 cm |
| Year | 15.1°C | 4.1°C | 9.6°C | 344 mm | 62 cm |
The month with the widest range: May, −4.2°C to 33.8°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.4°C of its normal of 0.8°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Summerland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Penticton, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Summerland’s climate
How warm does Summerland get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 29.2°C.
How cold does Summerland get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Summerland get?
Precipitation totals 344 mm a year, with June the wettest month (44 mm) and February the driest (19 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 25 days a year.
Are these figures for Summerland itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Penticton; Summerland has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Summerland →
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).