Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Fairview
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.0°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 20°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 97% of Canadian towns. About 142 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, 4.1 km north.
A year in Fairview at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fairview’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Fairview feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
17 frost days and 87 days above 20°C 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,537 mm a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 37 cm in a normal year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Vancouver International (Airport), 9.0 km away.
Heating a home in Fairview
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Fairview’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Fairview’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 4.1 km north |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 9.0 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 9.0 km |
How Fairview 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Fairview’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 7–20 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Fairview.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 6.6 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 17 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Fairview 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 | 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: −2.8°C at its coldest, 30.6°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 1.5°C around 5.3°C) and July least (0.8°C).
Where Fairview’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020.
- 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Fairview’s climate
How warm does Fairview get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.0°C.
How cold does Fairview get in winter?
A typical December night falls to 3.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Fairview 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 Fairview itself?
They are the normals for Vancouver (Harbour), measured just outside Fairview itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fairview →
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).