Hardly any Canadian towns wake to less frost than Shaughnessy
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.0°C on average. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 20°C. Plan for rain or snow on about 142 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, 6.3 km north.
A year in Shaughnessy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Shaughnessy’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Shaughnessy feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
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
November is the wettest month and July the driest.
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
Vancouver (Harbour) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Vancouver International (Airport), 6.9 km away.
Heating a home in Shaughnessy
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. By this count, homes here need less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Shaughnessy’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Shaughnessy’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 6.3 km north |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 6.9 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vancouver International (Airport), 6.9 km |
How Shaughnessy 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Shaughnessy’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaughnessy Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| South Cambie 1.4 km · Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C about the same | 3.3°C about the same | 1,537 mm |
| Arbutus Ridge 1.9 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Shaughnessy 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 |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 1.5°C; July the least
June has the widest record range, −2.8°C in 2007 to 30.6°C in 2015; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Shaughnessy’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: 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Shaughnessy’s climate
How warm does Shaughnessy get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Shaughnessy get in winter?
Overnight lows average 3.2°C in December, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Shaughnessy get?
Precipitation totals 1,537 mm a year, with November the wettest month (245 mm) and July the driest (44 mm).
Are these figures for Shaughnessy itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vancouver (Harbour), just outside Shaughnessy’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Shaughnessy →
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).