Squamish climate — normals and trends
Squamish (Canada) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 2,828 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 (12.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Squamish averages 155 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.
Squamish has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 190 to 120 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -27.8 °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
SquamishBritish Columbia
- coords
- 49.70°, -123.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
4.3°C
Average daily high
7.6°C
Average daily low
1.1°C
Annual rainfall
2,828mm
Sunshine / day
8.1h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
6.3km/h
Seasonal range
15.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
155 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
191 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1,008.1 cm
Average feels-like high
5.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-1.5 °C
Average peak gust
35.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
12.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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
35.2 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-27.8 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
131 mm
21 October 1963
Windiest day
16.6 km/h
29 August 2015
Strongest gust
140.0 km/h
8 January 1953
Hottest feels-like
35.8 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-33.1 °C
14 January 1950
Snowiest day
79.9 cm
18 January 1968
Sunniest day
15.8 h
21 June 2024
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 | 0.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 86 mm | -278 mm |
| Feb | -0.4 °C | -1.6 °C | 203 mm | -76 mm |
| Mar | 3.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 403 mm | +116 mm |
| Apr | 7.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 127 mm | -70 mm |
| May | 11.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 141 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 15.0 °C | +1.9 °C | 50 mm | -64 mm |
| Jul | 18.7 °C | +2.0 °C | 45 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 19.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 126 mm | +28 mm |
| Sep | 17.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 152 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 8.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 351 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 4.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 381 mm | -20 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 591 mm | +195 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Squamish?
Squamish has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 4.3 °C and it receives 2,828 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Squamish?
The hottest day measured in Squamish between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Squamish?
The coldest day measured in Squamish between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -27.8 °C.
Does it snow in Squamish?
Yes. Squamish gets on average 1,008.1 cm of snow per year and has around 155 frost days.
Has the climate of Squamish warmed?
Yes: Squamish warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Squamish?
The wettest day measured in Squamish between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 1963, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Squamish?
The windiest day measured in Squamish between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 2015, with winds reaching 16.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Squamish?
The warmest month in Squamish is August (12.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Squamish?
Squamish receives on average 2,828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Squamish?
Squamish gets on average 8.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,957 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Squamish?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Squamish between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 1968, with 79.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Squamish?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Squamish.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Squamish?
In Squamish, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -33.1 °C on 14 January 1950.
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