Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFew Canadian towns get fewer frosts than Welcome Beach
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.0°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 97% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 20°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 142 times a year.
Welcome Beach has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Vancouver (Harbour), 61 km east, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Welcome Beach at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Welcome Beach’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Welcome Beach 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
The frost season runs November to March, peaking in January at 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
The most falls in November, the least in July.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 37 cm of snow a year
From November to March snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 14 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 63 km away (Vancouver (Harbour) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Welcome Beach
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. A house here needs less heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Welcome Beach’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Welcome Beach: the hazards page.
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 | 61 km east |
| Station altitude | 3 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Vancouver International (Airport), 63 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −9.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Squamish, 62 km |
How Welcome Beach 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
Places around Welcome Beach whose figures come from another normals location. Welcome Beach has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–36 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome Beach Vancouver (Harbour) | 23.0°C | 3.3°C | 1,537 mm |
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast 16 km · Comox | 23.1°C about the same | 1.5°C 1.8°C colder | 1,152 mm |
| Lantzville 32 km · Vancouver International (Airport) | 22.4°C 0.6°C cooler | 1.4°C 1.9°C colder | 1,160 mm |
Welcome Beach weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±1.5°C around 5.3°C), July the one that wanders least (±0.8°C).
Where Welcome Beach’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Vancouver (Harbour), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Welcome Beach’s climate
How warm does Welcome Beach get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.0°C.
How cold does Welcome Beach get in winter?
Expect nights around 3.2°C in December; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Welcome Beach 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 Welcome Beach itself?
No: they come from Vancouver (Harbour), the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Welcome Beach.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Welcome Beach →
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).