Maple Ridge climate — normals and trends
Maple Ridge (Canada) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 3,011 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 (16.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (0.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Maple Ridge averages 79 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 194 rainy days per year.
Maple Ridge 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 113 to 45 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.7 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -24.6 °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
Maple RidgeBritish Columbia
- coords
- 49.22°, -122.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
8.3°C
Average daily high
12.3°C
Average daily low
4.5°C
Annual rainfall
3,011mm
Sunshine / day
8.0h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
9.1km/h
Seasonal range
16.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
79 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
5 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
194 d/yr
Annual snowfall
356.6 cm
Average feels-like high
10.9 °C
Average feels-like low
2.2 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
11.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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
41.7 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-24.6 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
153 mm
3 November 1955
Windiest day
29.5 km/h
16 October 1991
Strongest gust
114.8 km/h
8 January 1953
Hottest feels-like
44.9 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-30.6 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
43.9 cm
1 January 1965
Sunniest day
15.8 h
17 June 2025
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 | 5.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 104 mm | -278 mm |
| Feb | 3.7 °C | -1.6 °C | 252 mm | -42 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 430 mm | +132 mm |
| Apr | 14.1 °C | +2.8 °C | 190 mm | -31 mm |
| May | 16.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 136 mm | -20 mm |
| Jun | 19.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 64 mm | -72 mm |
| Jul | 23.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 33 mm | -54 mm |
| Aug | 23.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 127 mm | +24 mm |
| Sep | 20.6 °C | +1.6 °C | 92 mm | -86 mm |
| Oct | 12.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 347 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 8.8 °C | +2.1 °C | 410 mm | -10 mm |
| Dec | 5.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 611 mm | +212 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maple Ridge?
Maple Ridge has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 8.3 °C and it receives 3,011 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maple Ridge?
The hottest day measured in Maple Ridge between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 41.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maple Ridge?
The coldest day measured in Maple Ridge between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -24.6 °C.
Does it snow in Maple Ridge?
Yes. Maple Ridge gets on average 356.6 cm of snow per year and has around 79 frost days.
Has the climate of Maple Ridge warmed?
Yes: Maple Ridge warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maple Ridge?
The wettest day measured in Maple Ridge between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1955, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maple Ridge?
The windiest day measured in Maple Ridge between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1991, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maple Ridge?
The warmest month in Maple Ridge is July (16.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (0.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Maple Ridge?
Maple Ridge receives on average 3,011 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 194 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maple Ridge?
Maple Ridge 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 Maple Ridge?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maple Ridge between 1940 and 2025 was 1 January 1965, with 43.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maple Ridge?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Maple Ridge.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maple Ridge?
In Maple Ridge, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.9 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -30.6 °C on 14 January 1950.
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