Saanich climate — normals and trends
Saanich (Canada) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 951 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 (14.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Saanich averages 5 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 128 rainy days per year.
Saanich has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.8 °C (on 16 July 1941) and the coldest -11.3 °C (on 16 December 1964).
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
SaanichBritish Columbia
- coords
- 48.55°, -123.37°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
8.7°C
Annual rainfall
951mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
23.9km/h
Seasonal range
9.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
128 d/yr
Annual snowfall
16.2 cm
Average feels-like high
8.9 °C
Average feels-like low
5.1 °C
Average peak gust
33.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.8 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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
26.8 °C
16 July 1941
Coldest day
-11.3 °C
16 December 1964
Wettest day
75 mm
16 October 2003
Windiest day
68.8 km/h
12 October 1962
Strongest gust
101.5 km/h
26 November 1949
Hottest feels-like
27.0 °C
16 July 1941
Coldest feels-like
-21.9 °C
16 December 1964
Snowiest day
27.4 cm
29 December 1996
Sunniest day
15.7 h
20 June 2024
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.9 °C | +0.4 °C | 45 mm | -101 mm |
| Feb | 5.9 °C | -1.2 °C | 87 mm | -18 mm |
| Mar | 8.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 126 mm | +38 mm |
| Apr | 10.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 38 mm | -19 mm |
| May | 12.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 31 mm | -6 mm |
| Jun | 14.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 15 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 16.4 °C | +0.3 °C | 14 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 17.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 38 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 15.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 37 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 11.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 90 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 10.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 100 mm | -49 mm |
| Dec | 8.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 241 mm | +90 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Saanich?
Saanich has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 951 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Saanich?
The hottest day measured in Saanich between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1941, reaching 26.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Saanich?
The coldest day measured in Saanich between 1940 and 2025 was 16 December 1964, at -11.3 °C.
Does it snow in Saanich?
Yes. Saanich gets on average 16.2 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Saanich warmed?
Yes: Saanich warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Saanich?
The wettest day measured in Saanich between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 2003, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Saanich?
The windiest day measured in Saanich between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1962, with winds reaching 68.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Saanich?
The warmest month in Saanich is August (14.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Saanich?
Saanich receives on average 951 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 128 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Saanich?
Saanich gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Saanich?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Saanich between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1996, with 27.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Saanich?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Saanich.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Saanich?
In Saanich, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 27.0 °C on 16 July 1941, and the lowest was -21.9 °C on 16 December 1964.
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