Campbell River climate — normals and trends
Campbell River (Canada) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 2,014 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 (16.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Campbell River averages 75 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 184 rainy days per year.
Campbell River has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °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 37.3 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -24.7 °C (on 14 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
Campbell RiverBritish Columbia
- coords
- 50.02°, -125.24°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.9°C
Average daily high
11.5°C
Average daily low
4.6°C
Annual rainfall
2,014mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.0km/h
Seasonal range
15.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
184 d/yr
Annual snowfall
299.8 cm
Average feels-like high
9.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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
37.3 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-24.7 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
96 mm
18 January 1968
Windiest day
37.1 km/h
23 March 1985
Strongest gust
111.6 km/h
12 November 2007
Hottest feels-like
39.5 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-29.1 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
51.1 cm
29 November 1962
Sunniest day
15.9 h
20 June 1951
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.0 °C | +2.1 °C | 80 mm | -173 mm |
| Feb | 3.5 °C | -1.2 °C | 153 mm | -35 mm |
| Mar | 7.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 264 mm | +78 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +2.9 °C | 82 mm | -56 mm |
| May | 14.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 123 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 19.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 37 mm | -56 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.8 °C | 44 mm | -31 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +1.6 °C | 91 mm | +5 mm |
| Sep | 18.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 156 mm | +47 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 312 mm | +83 mm |
| Nov | 7.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 209 mm | -73 mm |
| Dec | 5.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 304 mm | +28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Campbell River?
Campbell River has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.9 °C and it receives 2,014 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Campbell River?
The hottest day measured in Campbell River between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 37.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Campbell River?
The coldest day measured in Campbell River between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -24.7 °C.
Does it snow in Campbell River?
Yes. Campbell River gets on average 299.8 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Campbell River warmed?
Yes: Campbell River warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Campbell River?
The wettest day measured in Campbell River between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1968, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Campbell River?
The windiest day measured in Campbell River between 1940 and 2025 was 23 March 1985, with winds reaching 37.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Campbell River?
The warmest month in Campbell River is July (16.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Campbell River?
Campbell River receives on average 2,014 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 184 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Campbell River?
Campbell River gets on average 8.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,920 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Campbell River?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Campbell River between 1940 and 2025 was 29 November 1962, with 51.1 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Campbell River?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Campbell River.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Campbell River?
In Campbell River, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -29.1 °C on 14 January 1950.
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