Abbotsford British Columbia climate — normals and trends
Abbotsford British Columbia (Canada) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 2,018 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Abbotsford British Columbia averages 75 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Abbotsford British Columbia has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 106 to 44 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.0 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -24.2 °C (on 25 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Abbotsford British ColumbiaBritish Columbia
- coords
- 49.06°, -122.25°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.5°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,018mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.5km/h
Seasonal range
15.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
167.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.0 °C
Average feels-like low
2.3 °C
Average peak gust
31.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.1 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.0 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-24.2 °C
25 January 1950
Wettest day
93 mm
6 November 2006
Windiest day
32.7 km/h
15 January 1951
Strongest gust
113.0 km/h
15 November 2006
Hottest feels-like
43.3 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-30.1 °C
16 December 1964
Snowiest day
29.1 cm
21 January 1954
Sunniest day
15.8 h
17 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 86 mm | -170 mm |
| Feb | 4.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 161 mm | -40 mm |
| Mar | 9.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 270 mm | +65 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +2.1 °C | 133 mm | -28 mm |
| May | 15.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 98 mm | -22 mm |
| Jun | 18.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 40 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 22.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 10 mm | -46 mm |
| Aug | 23.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 79 mm | +12 mm |
| Sep | 20.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 44 mm | -65 mm |
| Oct | 12.8 °C | -0.3 °C | 193 mm | -18 mm |
| Nov | 9.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 270 mm | -2 mm |
| Dec | 6.5 °C | +2.6 °C | 422 mm | +158 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Abbotsford British Columbia?
Abbotsford British Columbia has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.5 °C and it receives 2,018 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Abbotsford British Columbia?
The hottest day measured in Abbotsford British Columbia between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 39.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Abbotsford British Columbia?
The coldest day measured in Abbotsford British Columbia between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1950, at -24.2 °C.
Does it snow in Abbotsford British Columbia?
Yes. Abbotsford British Columbia gets on average 167.3 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Abbotsford British Columbia warmed?
Yes: Abbotsford British Columbia warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Abbotsford British Columbia?
The wettest day measured in Abbotsford British Columbia between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 2006, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Abbotsford British Columbia?
The windiest day measured in Abbotsford British Columbia between 1940 and 2025 was 15 January 1951, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Abbotsford British Columbia?
The warmest month in Abbotsford British Columbia is July (16.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Abbotsford British Columbia?
Abbotsford British Columbia receives on average 2,018 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Abbotsford British Columbia?
Abbotsford British Columbia gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Abbotsford British Columbia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Abbotsford British Columbia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1954, with 29.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Abbotsford British Columbia?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Abbotsford British Columbia.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Abbotsford British Columbia?
In Abbotsford British Columbia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -30.1 °C on 16 December 1964.
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