Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.0°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 97% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 20°C. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 142 days a year with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Vancouver (Harbour), 32 km east, instead.
A year in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’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 E, Sunshine Coast feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 17 days, 20°C on 87
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 6 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,537 mm a year
The most falls in November, the least in July.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 35 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The outdoor season by the averages is May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Vancouver (Harbour) is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 32 km east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 35 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 35 km |
How Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s own would show the same figures). Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 27 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 27 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.3°C | 237 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.9°C | 117 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.6°C | 7.6°C | 163 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.9°C | 6.9°C | 10.4°C | 118 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 14.9°C | 19.0°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 14.8°C | 18.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 12.1°C | 15.8°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.6°C | 11.2°C | 157 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.7°C | 5.3°C | 7.5°C | 245 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.2°C | 200 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.5°C | 8.3°C | 11.4°C | 1,537 mm | 37 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.5°C; July the least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in June: a low of −2.8°C in 2007 and a high of 30.6°C in 2015.
Where Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Vancouver (Harbour), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.0°C.
How cold does Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast get in winter?
On a normal December night the air drops to 3.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast get?
Around 1,537 mm a year in all, from 245 mm in November down to 44 mm in July.
Are these figures for Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast itself?
Not quite: they come from Vancouver (Harbour), the closest ECCC normals location to Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast →
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