Climate in Surrey Centre · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Surrey Centre 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. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 95% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 25°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 21–25°C.

July afternoons: cooler than 62% of Canadian towns

January nights: milder than 95% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than almost every Canadian town

Borrowed figures: Surrey Centre has no normals station, so these come from Pitt Meadows, 12 km north-east.

July high

25.0°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

0.5°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,649 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

56 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

a year at 0°C or below

Frost-free days

201

11 Apr to 30 Oct

A year in Surrey Centre at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan7°C1°CSnowiestWettest

Feb9°C0°C

Mar11°C2°C

Apr15°C5°CLast frost ~11 Apr

May19°C8°C

Jun21°C11°C

Jul25°C13°C

Aug25°C12°CWarmest

Sep22°C10°C

Oct15°C6°CFirst frost ~30 Oct

Nov now10°C2°C

Dec6°C0°CColdest nights

What stands out about Surrey Centre’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.

Wetter than almost every Canadian townAbout 1,649 mm of rain and melted snow a year; January is the wettest month and August the driest. 10th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia.Milder than 95% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average 0.5°C; December is colder still.A narrower year than 95% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 24.5°C.

A normal year

What a year in Surrey Centre feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

7°C / 0°C

600 mm, with 43 cm of snow: the wettest season

Spring

15°C / 5°C

373 mm of rain and snow

Summer

24°C / 12°C

153 mm of rain and snow

Autumn

15°C / 6°C

523 mm of rain and snow

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Best months to be outsideJunJulAugSepHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

About 60 frosts and 107 warm days a year

Frost comes from October to April, most of all in December (about 15 nights). Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 11 days a year.

201 frost-free days · average dates, 1991–2020

11 Apr 30 Oct

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

Fewer frosts than 95% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

107

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

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. Some 148 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.

1,649 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than almost every Canadian town

252 mm

January, the wettest month

36 mm

August, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

252 mm

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Snow

Snowfall: about 56 cm in a normal year

From November to March snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 22 cm.

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Snowfall a year

Less snowy than 94% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

22 cm

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Snowfall: Abbotsford, 31 km away (Pitt Meadows records no complete year of it).

Heating

Heating a home in Surrey Centre

88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.

2,824 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,266 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 96% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Surrey Centre’s climate

The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.

The garden window

Plant out after about 11 April; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 30 October, leaving roughly 201 days without frost.

Get outside

For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.

Parks & trails →

Humidex

Roughly 26 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.

Storms and extremes

Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Surrey Centre’s hazards page covers them.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

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	12 km north-east
Station altitude	5 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Snowfall from	Abbotsford, 31 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, 31 km

Compared with other towns

How Surrey Centre 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.

July afternoons25.0°C

Surrey CentreMedian Canadian town

14°C18°C22°C26°C30°C

Cooler than 62% of Canadian towns

January nights0.5°C

Surrey CentreMedian Canadian town

−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C0°C5°C

Milder than 95% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,649 mm

Surrey CentreMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than almost every Canadian town10th wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia

Snowfall a year56 cm

Surrey CentreMedian Canadian town

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Less snowy than 94% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Surrey Centre’s own would show the same figures). Surrey Centre has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–28 km out.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Surrey Centre Pitt Meadows	25.0°C	0.5°C	1,649 mm
Delta 18 km · Vancouver International (Airport)	22.4°C 2.6°C cooler	1.4°C 0.9°C milder	1,160 mm
Burnaby 22 km · Vancouver (Harbour)	23.0°C 2.0°C cooler	3.3°C 2.8°C milder	1,537 mm

Month by month

Surrey Centre 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

Year to year

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.

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Sources

Where Surrey Centre’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Pitt Meadows, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Surrey Centre’s climate

How warm does Surrey Centre get in summer?

A normal August afternoon tops out at about 25.1°C, the year’s high point.

How cold does Surrey Centre get in winter?

Winter bottoms out in December, with lows near 0.1°C.

How much rain and snow does Surrey Centre 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 Surrey Centre itself?

No, they come from Pitt Meadows; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Surrey Centre itself.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Surrey Centre →

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).