Cloverdale sits near the top of Canadian towns for rain and snow, with 1,649 mm a year
January nights here settle around 0.5°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 95% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 25°C. Windshields need scraping on about 60 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Cloverdale itself; the figures are those of Pitt Meadows, 11 km north.
A year in Cloverdale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cloverdale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Cloverdale feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 60 frosts and 107 warm days a year
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 15. About 11 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,649 mm a year
January brings the most rain and snow; August, the least. 10th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. About 148 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 56 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to March; January brings the most, about 22 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Pitt Meadows normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Abbotsford, 28 km away.
Heating a home in Cloverdale
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cloverdale’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 11 April to 30 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 201 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 26 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Cloverdale: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pitt Meadows
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Pitt Meadows.
| Distance from the town | 11 km north |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Abbotsford, 28 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −16.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.6°C |
| Average wind | 4.8 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Abbotsford, 28 km |
How Cloverdale compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in British Columbia.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Cloverdale’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 20–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cloverdale.
Cloverdale 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 | 6.8°C | 0.5°C | 3.6°C | 252 mm | 22 cm |
| February | 8.8°C | 0.4°C | 4.6°C | 134 mm | 7 cm |
| March | 11.3°C | 2.3°C | 6.8°C | 173 mm | 5 cm |
| April | 14.9°C | 4.5°C | 9.7°C | 105 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 7.9°C | 13.5°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.8°C | 16.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 12.6°C | 18.8°C | 48 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.4°C | 18.8°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.0°C | 5.9°C | 10.5°C | 180 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9.6°C | 2.4°C | 6.0°C | 249 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 6.1°C | 0.1°C | 3.1°C | 214 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 15.4°C | 5.8°C | 10.6°C | 1,649 mm | 56 cm |
In September, anything from 0.9°C to 34.4°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±1.7°C around 4.6°C), October the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Cloverdale’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Pitt Meadows, 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: 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 Cloverdale’s climate
How warm does Cloverdale get in summer?
A normal August afternoon tops out at about 25.1°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Cloverdale get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in December, with lows near 0.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Cloverdale get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,649 mm; the range runs from 36 mm in August to 252 mm in January.
Are these figures for Cloverdale itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Pitt Meadows, outside Cloverdale.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cloverdale →
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).