Kamloops climate — normals and trends
Kamloops (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.1 °C and it receives 481 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 (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Kamloops averages 172 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 112 rainy days per year.
Kamloops has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 196 to 148 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 43.0 °C (on 29 June 2021) and the coldest -37.4 °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
KamloopsBritish Columbia
- coords
- 50.67°, -120.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.1°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
0.3°C
Annual rainfall
481mm
Sunshine / day
9.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
172 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
112 d/yr
Annual snowfall
135.6 cm
Average feels-like high
7.5 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.6 °C
Average peak gust
29.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.5 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
43.0 °C
29 June 2021
Coldest day
-37.4 °C
25 January 1950
Wettest day
38 mm
23 August 1950
Windiest day
24.4 km/h
12 March 2012
Strongest gust
97.2 km/h
10 March 2016
Hottest feels-like
41.8 °C
29 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.4 °C
25 January 1950
Snowiest day
26.0 cm
7 January 1962
Sunniest day
16.0 h
5 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.2 °C | +3.2 °C | 20 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | -2.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 29 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 7.5 °C | +2.8 °C | 54 mm | +24 mm |
| Apr | 13.9 °C | +3.6 °C | 23 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 19.0 °C | +2.5 °C | 37 mm | -9 mm |
| Jun | 22.9 °C | +2.9 °C | 34 mm | -15 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 37 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 26.9 °C | +3.4 °C | 24 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +5.4 °C | 16 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 10.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 38 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 5.3 °C | +3.7 °C | 59 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | 1.8 °C | +4.9 °C | 82 mm | +30 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kamloops?
Kamloops has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.1 °C and it receives 481 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kamloops?
The hottest day measured in Kamloops between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2021, reaching 43.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kamloops?
The coldest day measured in Kamloops between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1950, at -37.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kamloops?
Yes. Kamloops gets on average 135.6 cm of snow per year and has around 172 frost days.
Has the climate of Kamloops warmed?
Yes: Kamloops warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kamloops?
The wettest day measured in Kamloops between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1950, with 38 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kamloops?
The windiest day measured in Kamloops between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2012, with winds reaching 24.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kamloops?
The warmest month in Kamloops is July (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Kamloops?
Kamloops receives on average 481 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 112 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kamloops?
Kamloops gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Kamloops?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Kamloops between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1962, with 26.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Kamloops?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kamloops.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kamloops?
In Kamloops, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.8 °C on 29 June 2021, and the lowest was -42.4 °C on 25 January 1950.
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