Prince George climate — normals and trends
Prince George (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 590 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 (16.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Prince George averages 170 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 127 rainy days per year.
Prince George has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 182 to 158 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.8 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -43.8 °C (on 31 January 1947).
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
Prince GeorgeBritish Columbia
- coords
- 53.92°, -122.75°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.1°C
Average daily high
9.0°C
Average daily low
-0.6°C
Annual rainfall
590mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
12.6km/h
Seasonal range
25.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
4 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
127 d/yr
Annual snowfall
142.0 cm
Average feels-like high
6.0 °C
Average feels-like low
-4.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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
39.8 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-43.8 °C
31 January 1947
Wettest day
44 mm
31 October 1964
Windiest day
35.9 km/h
17 April 1952
Strongest gust
87.8 km/h
15 April 1984
Hottest feels-like
40.8 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-48.9 °C
14 January 1953
Snowiest day
18.8 cm
2 January 2014
Sunniest day
16.7 h
22 June 1945
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 | -1.9 °C | +4.1 °C | 41 mm | -13 mm |
| Feb | -5.7 °C | -4.2 °C | 23 mm | -13 mm |
| Mar | 5.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 35 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 12.8 °C | +2.6 °C | 30 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 17.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 39 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 21.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 45 mm | -9 mm |
| Jul | 22.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 58 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +3.0 °C | 33 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 20.0 °C | +3.4 °C | 45 mm | -8 mm |
| Oct | 10.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 68 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 3.2 °C | +2.5 °C | 40 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | -3.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 99 mm | +47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prince George?
Prince George has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.1 °C and it receives 590 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prince George?
The hottest day measured in Prince George between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 39.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prince George?
The coldest day measured in Prince George between 1940 and 2025 was 31 January 1947, at -43.8 °C.
Does it snow in Prince George?
Yes. Prince George gets on average 142.0 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Prince George warmed?
Yes: Prince George warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prince George?
The wettest day measured in Prince George between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1964, with 44 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prince George?
The windiest day measured in Prince George between 1940 and 2025 was 17 April 1952, with winds reaching 35.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prince George?
The warmest month in Prince George is July (16.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-9.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Prince George?
Prince George receives on average 590 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 127 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prince George?
Prince George 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 Prince George?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prince George between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2014, with 18.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prince George?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Prince George.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prince George?
In Prince George, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -48.9 °C on 14 January 1953.
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