Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.0°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 20°C. For walks and days out, the stretch from May to September brings highs of 18–23°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast itself; the figures are those of Vancouver (Harbour), 30 km south-east.
A year in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Electoral Area F, 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 F, Sunshine Coast feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C a year
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
About 1,537 mm of rain and snow a year
November brings the most rain and snow; July, the least. Some 142 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 14 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 35 km away.
Heating a home in Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. In heating terms, homes need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 30 km south-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 F, 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 26–39 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver 26 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Squamish-Lillooet 39 km · Squamish | 24.5°C 1.5°C warmer | −0.9°C 4.2°C colder | 2,344 mm |
Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast 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 | 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 |
The month with the widest range: June, −2.8°C to 30.6°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 1.5°C of the normal, 5.3°C. July is the steadiest, within 0.8°C.
Where Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast’s climate
How warm does Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast get in winter?
Expect nights around 3.2°C in December; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,537 mm a year; November leads with 245 mm and July trails with 44 mm.
Are these figures for Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Vancouver (Harbour), outside Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast →
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