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Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000

The minimum number of years used to calculate these Normals is indicated by a code for each element. A "+" beside an extreme date indicates that this date is the first occurrence of the extreme value. Values and dates in bold indicate all-time extremes for the location.

NOTE!! Data used in the calculation of these Normals may be subject to further quality assurance checks. This may result in minor changes to some values presented here.

VANCOUVER INT'L A *
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Latitude: 49°11'42.000" N Longitude: 123°10'55.000" W Elevation: 4.30 m
Climate ID: 1108447 WMO ID: 71892 TC ID: YVR
Normals from to  
January-June January-December+Year July-December
Temperature:Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Code
Daily Average (°C)3.3 4.8 6.6 9.2 12.5 15.2 17.5 17.6 14.6 10.1 6 3.5 10.1 A
Standard Deviation1.9 1.5 1.1 1 1 0.9 0.9 1 1 0.8 1.7 1.7 0.7 A
Daily Maximum (°C)6.1 8 10.1 13.1 16.5 19.2 21.7 21.9 18.7 13.5 9 6.2 13.7 A
Daily Minimum (°C)0.5 1.5 3.1 5.3 8.4 11.2 13.2 13.4 10.5 6.6 3.1 0.8 6.5 A
Extreme Maximum (°C)15.3 18.4 19.4 25 30.4 30.6 31.9 33.3 29.3 23.7 18.4 14.9    
Date (yyyy/dd)1981/20 1986/27 1960/25 1987/27 1983/29 1970/02 1998/28 1960/09 1988/03 1991/11 1980/04 1980/26  
Extreme Minimum (°C)-17.8 -16.1 -9.4 -3.3 0.6 3.9 6.7 6.1 0 -5.9 -14.3 -17.8    
Date (yyyy/dd)1950/14 1950/01 1951/10 1951/19 1954/01 1976/01 1949/02 1937/28 1950/29 1984/31 1985/27 1968/29  
Precipitation:
Rainfall (mm)139.1 113.8 111.8 83.5 67.9 54.8 39.6 39.1 53.5 112.5 178.5 160.6 1154.7 A
Snowfall (cm)16.6 9.6 2.6 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2.5 16.3 48.2 A
Precipitation (mm)153.6 123.1 114.3 84 67.9 54.8 39.6 39.1 53.5 112.6 181 175.7 1199 A
Average Snow Depth (cm)1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 A
Median Snow Depth (cm)0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Snow Depth at Month-end (cm)0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 A
Extreme Daily Rainfall (mm)68.3 64.2 49.3 44.5 35.2 47.6 45.2 39.4 49.5 60.7 65 89.4    
Date (yyyy/dd)1968/18 1982/13 1974/09 1946/10 1998/27 1992/29 1972/12 1991/30 1959/24 1975/29 1989/03 1972/25  
Extreme Daily Snowfall (cm)29.7 28.6 25.9 3.8 0 0 0 0 0 2 22.1 41    
Date (yyyy/dd)1971/13 1990/15 1962/02 1981/12 1937/01 1937/01 1937/01 1937/01 1937/01 1991/28 1975/30 1996/29  
Extreme Daily Precipitation (mm)68.3 64.2 49.3 44.5 35.2 47.6 45.2 39.4 49.5 60.7 65 89.4    
Date (yyyy/dd)1968/18 1982/13 1974/09 1946/10 1998/27 1992/29 1972/12 1991/30 1959/24 1975/29 1989/03 1972/25  
Extreme Snow Depth (cm)61 32 33 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 48    
Date (yyyy/dd)1971/15 1990/16 1962/02 1972/09 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1955/01 1989/14 1955/18 1964/31  
Days with Maximum Temperature:
<= 0 °C1.8 0.37 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.34 1.9 4.5 A
> 0 °C29.2 27.9 31 30 31 30 31 31 30 31 29.7 29.1 360.8 A
> 10 °C3.5 6.9 15.3 25.8 30.9 30 31 31 30 28.5 10.8 3.3 246.9 A
> 20 °C0 0 0 0.60 4 10.1 22 22.9 9 0.53 0 0 69.1 A
> 30 °C0 0 0 0 0.03 0 0.07 0.10 0 0 0 0 0.20 A
> 35 °C0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Days with Minimum Temperature:
> 0 °C18.7 19.3 26.3 29.5 31 30 31 31 30 30.2 23.7 18.7 319.4 A
<= 2 °C18.7 15 11 3 0.03 0 0 0 0.03 2.6 10.5 17.8 78.6 A
<= 0 °C12.3 9 4.7 0.50 0 0 0 0 0 0.80 6.3 12.3 45.9 A
< -2 °C8 4.2 1.1 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0.13 2.9 7 23.3 A
< -10 °C0.63 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.24 0.83 1.9 A
< -20 °C0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
< - 30 °C0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Days with Rainfall:
>= 0.2 mm16.9 15.4 16.7 13.9 13 11.2 6.9 6.8 8.6 14.2 19.5 18.2 161.3 A
>= 5 mm9.1 7.6 7.4 6 4.7 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.7 7 10.7 9.7 74.2 A
>= 10 mm5.3 4 3.7 2.6 2.2 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.8 4 6.7 6 40.7 A
>= 25 mm0.87 0.60 0.43 0.30 0.20 0.20 0.27 0.10 0.20 0.73 1.4 1.1 6.4 A
Days With Snowfall:
>= 0.2 cm3.7 1.9 0.90 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.80 3.3 10.9 A
>= 5 cm1 0.70 0.20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.17 0.97 3 A
>= 10 cm0.57 0.27 0.07 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.03 0.55 1.5 A
>= 25 cm0.03 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.10 0.16 A
Days with Precipitation:
>= 0.2 mm18.5 16.3 17 13.9 13 11.2 6.9 6.8 8.6 14.3 19.7 19.8 166.1 A
>= 5 mm10.1 8.3 7.6 6 4.7 3.3 2.5 2.6 3.7 7 10.8 10.7 77.3 A
>= 10 mm5.9 4.4 3.8 2.6 2.2 1.6 1.2 1.5 1.8 4 6.8 6.5 42.4 A
>= 25 mm0.90 0.63 0.43 0.30 0.20 0.20 0.27 0.10 0.20 0.73 1.4 1.2 6.6 A
Days with Snow Depth:
>= 1 cm3.7 2 0.60 0.03 0 0 0 0 0 0.07 0.60 3.5 10.4 A
>= 5 cm2.4 1.3 0.43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.27 2.3 6.7 A
>= 10 cm1.4 0.63 0.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 4 A
>= 20 cm0.37 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.31 0.78 A
Wind:
Speed (km/h)11.5 12.1 12.9 12.6 12 11.7 11.5 11 10.6 11 12.3 12 11.8 A
Most Frequent DirectionE E E E E E E E E E E E E A
Maximum Hourly Speed (km/h)69 89 77 72 61 52 48 50 64 76 89 82    
Date (yyyy/dd)1963/09 1960/20 1975/30 1961/03 1982/25 1979/06 1960/07 2002/14 1968/26 1962/13 1961/01 2001/14  
Maximum Gust Speed (km/h)97 119 108 100 90 70 71 85 91 126 129 100    
Date (yyyy/dd)1964/19 1961/21 1975/30 1961/03 1955/07 1992/02 1960/07 1980/17 1999/25 1962/13 1957/25 1957/23  
Direction of Maximum GustSW W W W W W W W W SE W SE W  
Days with Winds >= 52 km/h1.2 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.1 0 0 0.2 0.6 1.2 1.3 7 A
Days with Winds >= 63 km/h0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.8 A
Degree Days:
Above 24 °C0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.1 A
Above 18 °C0 0 0 0 0.4 3.8 18.2 19.6 2.2 0 0 0 44.2 A
Above 15 °C0 0 0 0.2 6.3 27.6 80 83.6 21.5 0.6 0 0 219.8 A
Above 10 °C0.3 0.5 1.8 17.1 81.1 156.3 231.8 236.4 139.2 32.6 3.4 0.3 900.8 A
Above 5 °C22.6 30.8 60.6 125.7 232.6 306.3 386.8 391.4 288.6 158.6 56.8 24 2084.8 A
Above 0 °C118.3 139.3 205.7 275.5 387.6 456.3 541.8 546.4 438.6 312.3 186.4 123.1 3731.2 A
Below 0 °C15.1 4.5 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 4 14.5 38.6 A
Below 5 °C74.5 37.4 10.3 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 24.4 70.4 218.6 A
Below 10 °C207.2 148.4 106.4 41.6 3.5 0.1 0 0 0.7 30.4 121 201.7 860.9 A
Below 15 °C361.9 289.2 259.6 174.7 83.7 21.3 3.2 2.2 33 153.4 267.6 356.4 2006.3 A
Below 18 °C454.9 374 352.6 264.5 170.9 87.5 34.3 31.2 103.7 245.8 357.6 449.4 2926.5 A
Bright Sunshine:
Total Hours60.4 84.6 134.1 182.4 230.7 229.1 294.5 267.9 199.1 124.8 64.3 56.1 1928 A
Days with measureable17.5 19.2 24.6 26.6 28.5 27.8 29.3 29.4 27.5 23.6 18.3 16.1 288.5 A
% of possible daylight hours22.4 29.6 36.5 44.4 48.7 47.3 60.2 60 52.5 37.2 23.4 21.8 40.3 A
Extreme Daily9.1 10.5 11.8 14.1 15 15.7 15.4 14.7 13 10.5 9.4 8.1   A
Date (yyyy/dd)1996/30 1996/29 1998/28 1989/30 1993/24 1989/23 1996/07 1987/02 1972/01 1971/16 1995/01 1972/07  
Humidex:
Extreme Humidex17.2 18 19.1 23.9 33.7 33.9 37.9 35.9 33 27.2 21.1 15.7    
Date (yyyy/dd)1981/21 1986/27 1972/16 1957/30 1983/29 1969/18 1998/28 1990/12 1987/01 1991/11 1980/04 1980/25  
Days with Humidex >= 300 0 0 0 0 0.4 1.9 2 0.2 0 0 0 4.5 A
Days with Humidex >= 350 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0.2 A
Days with Humidex >= 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Wind Chill:
Extreme Wind Chill-22.6 -21.2 -14.5 -5.4 -1.5 2.4 5 5.1 -0.8 -11.4 -21.3 -27.8    
Date (yyyy/dd)1969/23 1956/15 1955/04 1976/02 1954/01 1976/01 1979/01 1973/18 1972/25 1984/31 1985/27 1964/16  
Days with Wind Chill < -200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 A
Days with Wind Chill < -300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Days with Wind Chill < -400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A
Humidity:
Average Vapour Pressure (kPa)0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7 1 A
Average Relative Humidity - 0600LST (%)87.8 87 85.9 84.7 83.9 83 83.5 86.1 89.4 89.9 87.9 88.1 86.4 A
Average Relative Humidity - 1500LST (%)79.8 75.3 70.2 65.4 63.9 63.6 62.4 63.1 67.8 75.8 78.9 80.8 70.6 A
Pressure:
Average Station Pressure (kPa)101.7 101.6 101.5 101.7 101.6 101.6 101.7 101.6 101.7 101.8 101.6 101.8 101.7 A
Average Sea Level Pressure (kPa)101.7 101.6 101.6 101.7 101.7 101.7 101.7 101.6 101.7 101.8 101.6 101.8 101.7 A
Visibility (hours with):
< 1 km30.8 11.5 2.8 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 4.7 27 14.1 25 117.1 B
1 to 9 km134.4 81 46.4 26.7 18 19.1 13.2 23.4 50.7 111.4 94.5 122.7 741.6 B
> 9 km578.8 584.6 694.8 693 725.9 700.7 730.6 720.2 664.6 605.7 611.5 596.3 7906.5 B
Cloud Amount (hours with):
0 to 2 tenths103.6 101.4 136.4 140.6 157.6 138.1 274 289.4 256.1 164.4 99.6 106.6 1967.8 B
3 to 7 tenths88.1 99.6 127.9 142.3 170.9 161.9 161 158.4 151.4 132.7 96 93 1583.3 B
8 to 10 tenths552.3 476.1 479.6 437.1 415.5 420 309 296.2 312.5 446.9 524.4 544.4 5214 B


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