Ocean Park is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,649 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.0°C. In January, nights here are milder than in 95% of Canadian towns. The year is lopsided: January gets about 7.0 times what August does. Heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Borrowed figures: Ocean Park has no normals station, so these come from Pitt Meadows, 23 km north-east.
A year in Ocean Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ocean Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Ocean Park feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
1,649 mm of precipitation in a typical 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
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Pitt Meadows normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 29 km away.
Heating a home in Ocean Park
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. By this count, homes here need less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.
Living with Ocean Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 11 April until frost returns near 30 October: about 201 days.
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 →The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 26 days a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Ocean Park’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 23 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 5 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 29 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), 29 km |
How Ocean Park 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 Ocean Park’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Ocean Park with figures are 13–25 km away.
Ocean Park 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
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 1.7°C of its normal of 4.6°C; October keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Ocean Park’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: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Ocean Park’s climate
How warm does Ocean Park get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Ocean Park get in winter?
On a normal December night the air drops to 0.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Ocean Park 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 Ocean Park itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Pitt Meadows, since Ocean Park has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ocean Park →
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).