Kensington-Cedar Cottage is among the least frosty of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 23.0°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in November and least in July. Have the furnace checked before November to March, the months that average under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, 7.3 km north-west.
A year in Kensington-Cedar Cottage at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Kensington-Cedar Cottage feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
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
Some 142 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 14 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 9.9 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Kensington-Cedar Cottage
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. That means homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
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 Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vancouver (Harbour)
Vancouver (Harbour) is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 7.3 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 9.9 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 9.9 km |
How Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington-Cedar Cottage Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Little Saigon 1.3 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,537 mm |
| Victoria-Fraserview 2.4 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Kensington-Cedar Cottage 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 |
A June here can run from −2.8°C to 30.6°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 1.5°C of the normal, 5.3°C. July is the steadiest, within 0.8°C.
Where Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Vancouver (Harbour) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Kensington-Cedar Cottage’s climate
How warm does Kensington-Cedar Cottage get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.0°C.
How cold does Kensington-Cedar Cottage get in winter?
Lows sink to 3.2°C on an average December night.
How much rain and snow does Kensington-Cedar Cottage get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,537 mm a year; November leads with 245 mm and July trails with 44 mm.
Are these figures for Kensington-Cedar Cottage itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Kensington-Cedar Cottage.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kensington-Cedar Cottage →
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