Carey climate — normals and trends
Carey (Canada) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 1,063 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 August (16.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Carey averages 14 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 136 rainy days per year.
Carey has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 20 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -15.0 °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
CareyBritish Columbia
- coords
- 48.47°, -123.39°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
12.6°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,063mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
12.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
14 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
136 d/yr
Annual snowfall
33.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.1 °C
Average feels-like low
4.7 °C
Average peak gust
32.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
34.7 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-15.0 °C
25 January 1950
Wettest day
78 mm
16 October 2003
Windiest day
46.0 km/h
12 December 1995
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
15 November 2006
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-23.3 °C
13 January 1950
Snowiest day
33.3 cm
1 January 1965
Sunniest day
15.7 h
14 June 2015
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 44 mm | -117 mm |
| Feb | 5.7 °C | -1.4 °C | 101 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 9.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 156 mm | +51 mm |
| Apr | 13.0 °C | +1.5 °C | 42 mm | -29 mm |
| May | 14.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 39 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 18.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 11 mm | -19 mm |
| Jul | 21.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | -12 mm |
| Aug | 21.4 °C | +1.0 °C | 30 mm | +8 mm |
| Sep | 18.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 35 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 12.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 108 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 9.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 115 mm | -49 mm |
| Dec | 8.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 257 mm | +88 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Carey?
Carey has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 1,063 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Carey?
The hottest day measured in Carey between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 34.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Carey?
The coldest day measured in Carey between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1950, at -15.0 °C.
Does it snow in Carey?
Yes. Carey gets on average 33.3 cm of snow per year and has around 14 frost days.
Has the climate of Carey warmed?
Yes: Carey warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Carey?
The wettest day measured in Carey between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2003, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Carey?
The windiest day measured in Carey between 1940 and 2025 was 12 December 1995, with winds reaching 46.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Carey?
The warmest month in Carey is August (16.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Carey?
Carey receives on average 1,063 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 136 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Carey?
Carey gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Carey?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Carey between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1965, with 33.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Carey?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Carey.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Carey?
In Carey, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -23.3 °C on 13 January 1950.
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