Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Colebrook: 1,649 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.0°C. January is the wettest month, August the driest. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 95% of Canadian towns. From June to September, highs of 21–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Colebrook has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Pitt Meadows, 18 km north-east.
A year in Colebrook at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Colebrook’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Colebrook feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
60 frost days and 107 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 15 nights). 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
1,649 mm of precipitation in a typical year
10th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. On about 148 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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
Pitt Meadows publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Vancouver International (Airport), 24 km away.
Heating a home in Colebrook
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Colebrook’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 11 April; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 30 October, leaving roughly 201 days without frost.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 26 days a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Colebrook’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pitt Meadows
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Pitt Meadows, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 24 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 | Vancouver International (Airport), 24 km |
How Colebrook 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
Places around Colebrook whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 9–23 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Colebrook.
Colebrook weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C | 0.5°C | 3.6°C | 252 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.8°C | 0.4°C | 4.6°C | 134 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 11.3°C | 2.3°C | 6.8°C | 173 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 14.9°C | 4.5°C | 9.7°C | 105 mm | under 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 | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.6°C | 2.4°C | 6.0°C | 249 mm | 3 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 | 37 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 1.7°C; the steadiest month is October
Over 1991–2020, September saw both 0.9°C (2000) and 34.4°C (2017), the widest span of any month.
Where Colebrook’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Pitt Meadows from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Colebrook’s climate
How warm does Colebrook get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.1°C in August, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Colebrook get in winter?
Midwinter means December, when a typical night reaches 0.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Colebrook get?
1,649 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is January (252 mm); the driest, August (36 mm).
Are these figures for Colebrook itself?
They come from Pitt Meadows, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Colebrook.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Colebrook →
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).