Riley Park is among the least frosty of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 23.0°C. November is the wettest month here, with about 5.6 times the rain and snow of July. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 97% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from November to March, in months below 10°C on average.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour) (6.0 km north).
A year in Riley Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Riley Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Riley Park feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 17 days, 20°C on 87
Frosts fall from November to March; January has the most, about 6.
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
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
37 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 8.4 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Riley Park
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. In heating terms, homes need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Riley Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Riley Park’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 6.0 km north |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 8.4 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 8.4 km |
How Riley 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Riley Park’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 8–17 km from Riley Park.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Park Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 7.6 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 14 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Riley Park 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 | 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 |
In June, anything from −2.8°C to 30.6°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 1.5°C of its normal of 5.3°C; July keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Riley Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Riley Park’s climate
How warm does Riley Park get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.0°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Riley Park get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in December, with lows near 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Riley Park 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 Riley Park itself?
Nearly: Vancouver (Harbour), the location behind them, sits just beyond Riley Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Riley 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).