Few Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Strathcona
High summer brings afternoon highs near 23.0°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 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.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Vancouver (Harbour) station, 3.2 km north-west.
A year in Strathcona at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Strathcona’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Strathcona feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 17 days, 20°C on 87
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 brings the most rain and snow; July, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to March; December brings the most, about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 12 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Strathcona
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to March.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. A house here needs less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Strathcona’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Strathcona’s hazards page.
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 | 3.2 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 Strathcona 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 Strathcona’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 10–18 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Strathcona.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Musqueam 2 9.9 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
| New Westminster 15 km · Pitt Meadows | 25.0°C 2.0°C warmer | 0.5°C 2.8°C colder | 1,649 mm |
Strathcona 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 Strathcona’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Vancouver (Harbour), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Strathcona’s climate
How warm does Strathcona get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.0°C.
How cold does Strathcona get in winter?
At its coldest, in December, the normal low is 3.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Strathcona get?
Some 1,537 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in November (245 mm), the least in July (44 mm).
Are these figures for Strathcona itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Vancouver (Harbour) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Strathcona.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Strathcona →
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).