Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Newton: 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. Expect the most rain and snow in January and the least in August. Frost comes on about 60 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
ECCC publishes no normals for Newton itself; the figures are those of Pitt Meadows, 13 km north-east.
A year in Newton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Newton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Newton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 60 days, 20°C on 107
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 15. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 11 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 1,649 mm a year
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
About 37 cm of snow a year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Pitt Meadows normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 25 km away.
Heating a home in Newton
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. A house here needs less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Newton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 11 April and the first autumn frost around 30 October: about 201 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 26 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Newton’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 13 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 25 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), 25 km |
How Newton 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
Places around Newton whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 12–22 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Newton.
Newton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 September here can run 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 Newton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Pitt Meadows: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Newton’s climate
How warm does Newton get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.1°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Newton get in winter?
At its coldest, in December, the normal low is 0.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Newton get?
About 1,649 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. January is the wettest month (252 mm) and August the driest (36 mm).
Are these figures for Newton itself?
Not exactly. Newton lacks a normals station, so Pitt Meadows supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Newton →
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).