Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Whistler: 2,344 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 28.1°C. Temperatures cover 33°C across the year, low to high. Its July heat outdoes that of 97% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are not Whistler’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Pemberton, 27 km north-east.
A year in Whistler at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Whistler’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia beside it.
What a year in Whistler feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 118 frosts and 119 warm days a year
Frosts fall from October to April; December has the most, about 25. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 32 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 2,344 mm a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. 2nd wettest of 255 towns of 2,500+ in British Columbia. About 148 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Squamish, 39 km away (Pemberton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Whistler
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Whistler’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun.
Parks & trails →Expect around 3 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 38 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Whistler: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Pemberton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Pemberton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 27 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 203 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Squamish, 39 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 40.6°C |
| Average wind | 3.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Squamish, 39 km |
How Whistler 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 Whistler’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 44–74 km from Whistler.
Whistler weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.3°C | −4.9°C | −2.6°C | 379 mm |
| February | 4.1°C | −3.4°C | 0.4°C | 195 mm |
| March | 9.7°C | −0.8°C | 4.5°C | 246 mm |
| April | 15.5°C | 2.6°C | 9.1°C | 150 mm |
| May | 21.0°C | 6.2°C | 13.7°C | 88 mm |
| June | 23.7°C | 9.4°C | 16.6°C | 67 mm |
| July | 28.1°C | 11.5°C | 19.8°C | 48 mm |
| August | 27.7°C | 11.0°C | 19.4°C | 54 mm |
| September | 22.2°C | 7.7°C | 15.0°C | 125 mm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.5°C | 8.2°C | 271 mm |
| November | 4.1°C | −0.7°C | 1.8°C | 383 mm |
| December | −0.3°C | −4.4°C | −2.3°C | 340 mm |
| Year | 14.1°C | 3.2°C | 8.6°C | 2,344 mm |
From year to year, January moves by 2.4°C, more than any month, and August least
March has the widest record range, −15.2°C in 1991 to 24.7°C in 2016; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Whistler’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Pemberton, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and 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 Whistler’s climate
How warm does Whistler get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 28.1°C.
How cold does Whistler get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −4.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Whistler get?
November is the wettest month at 383 mm and July the driest at 48 mm, for 2,344 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Whistler itself?
Not quite: they come from Pemberton, the closest ECCC normals location to Whistler.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Whistler →
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).