Photo: Valentin8107 · CC BY-SA 4.0Few Canadian towns have warmer summer afternoons than Vernon
January nights here settle around −6.4°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is March. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 89% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 97 times a year.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Vernon (2.0 km west).
A year in Vernon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vernon’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Vernon feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 135 frosts and 123 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 29 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 447 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
93 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to March, with about 31 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Vernon
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Vernon’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 6 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
A humidex above 30 marks about 37 days in a normal year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Vernon’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vernon
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Vernon are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 2.0 km west |
| Station altitude | 427 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Kelowna, 34 km |
How Vernon 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 Vernon’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 25–37 km from Vernon.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | 28.4°C | −6.4°C | 447 mm |
| Lake Country 25 km · Kelowna | 28.5°C about the same | −5.9°C 0.5°C milder | 447 mm |
| Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap 30 km · Salmon Arm | 28.3°C about the same | −5.6°C 0.8°C milder | 654 mm |
Vernon weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.5°C | −6.4°C | −3.5°C | 37 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 2.8°C | −5.0°C | −1.1°C | 25 mm | 9 cm |
| March | 9.0°C | −1.2°C | 3.9°C | 25 mm | 6 cm |
| April | 15.1°C | 2.3°C | 8.7°C | 26 mm | under 1 cm |
| May | 20.9°C | 6.8°C | 13.9°C | 45 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.2°C | 17.0°C | 55 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28.4°C | 12.7°C | 20.6°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27.9°C | 12.1°C | 20.0°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 8.2°C | 15.0°C | 34 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.9°C | 7.6°C | 41 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −1.8°C | 1.4°C | 49 mm | 18 cm |
| December | −0.2°C | −5.8°C | −3.0°C | 44 mm | 31 cm |
| Year | 13.8°C | 2.9°C | 8.4°C | 447 mm | 93 cm |
From −28.0°C to 13.8°C: February’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.8°C around −3.5°C) and April least (1.2°C).
Where Vernon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Vernon: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Vernon’s climate
How warm does Vernon get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28.4°C.
How cold does Vernon get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −6.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Vernon get?
The year adds up to 447 mm. June is the peak month (55 mm) and March the low one (25 mm).
Are these figures for Vernon itself?
Yes: ECCC’s normals station is inside Vernon itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vernon →
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).