Collingwood sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for frosts
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 97% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 20°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. For walks and days out, the stretch from May to September brings highs of 18–23°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Vancouver (Harbour) station, 9.5 km north-west.
A year in Collingwood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Collingwood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Collingwood feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 17 frosts and 87 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to March, most of all in January (about 6 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,537 mm of rain and snow a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 142 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
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
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 12 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Collingwood
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. That means homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Collingwood’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Collingwood’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Vancouver (Harbour).
| Distance from the town | 9.5 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 12 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 12 km |
How Collingwood 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Collingwood’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 9–15 km from Collingwood.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| New Westminster 8.8 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
| Richmond 11 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Collingwood weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.3°C | 237 mm | 12 cm |
| February | 8.4°C | 3.3°C | 5.9°C | 117 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.6°C | 7.6°C | 163 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 13.9°C | 6.9°C | 10.4°C | 118 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 10.2°C | 14.0°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 20.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.5°C | 66 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.0°C | 14.9°C | 19.0°C | 44 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 14.8°C | 18.9°C | 49 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 12.1°C | 15.8°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 8.6°C | 11.2°C | 157 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 9.7°C | 5.3°C | 7.5°C | 245 mm | 3 cm |
| December | 7.1°C | 3.2°C | 5.2°C | 200 mm | 14 cm |
| Year | 14.5°C | 8.3°C | 11.4°C | 1,537 mm | 37 cm |
June has run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 1.5°C around its normal of 5.3°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 0.8°C.
Where Collingwood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour) 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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Collingwood’s climate
How warm does Collingwood get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Collingwood get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to December, at about 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Collingwood get?
The yearly total is about 1,537 mm. November gets 245 mm, the most of any month; July gets 44 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Collingwood itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Collingwood.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Collingwood →
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).