Terrace climate — normals and trends
Terrace (Canada) has a subarctic climate (Dfc) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 2.7 °C and it receives 1,992 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 (12.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Terrace averages 189 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 210 rainy days per year.
Terrace has warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.46 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 225 to 153 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.8 °C (on 17 July 1941) and the coldest -37.3 °C (on 17 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
TerraceBritish Columbia
- coords
- 54.52°, -128.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
2.7°C
Average daily high
6.2°C
Average daily low
-0.8°C
Annual rainfall
1,992mm
Sunshine / day
6.8h
Mean relative humidity
81%
Average peak wind
7.3km/h
Seasonal range
19.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
189 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
210 d/yr
Annual snowfall
744.8 cm
Average feels-like high
3.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-3.7 °C
Average peak gust
37.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+4.0 °C
since 1940
+0.5 °C per decade · r² = 0.66 · 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
32.8 °C
17 July 1941
Coldest day
-37.3 °C
17 January 1950
Wettest day
113 mm
31 October 1978
Windiest day
22.4 km/h
21 December 2006
Strongest gust
125.6 km/h
21 December 2006
Hottest feels-like
35.2 °C
27 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-42.2 °C
17 January 1950
Snowiest day
66.2 cm
20 December 1991
Sunniest day
16.9 h
18 June 2018
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 | 0.2 °C | +4.4 °C | 216 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | -2.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 128 mm | -39 mm |
| Mar | 4.0 °C | +1.6 °C | 103 mm | -47 mm |
| Apr | 7.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 109 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 10.5 °C | +0.6 °C | 212 mm | +120 mm |
| Jun | 15.5 °C | +2.2 °C | 68 mm | -29 mm |
| Jul | 18.7 °C | +2.4 °C | 89 mm | -2 mm |
| Aug | 19.1 °C | +2.5 °C | 115 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 15.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 237 mm | +67 mm |
| Oct | 7.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 317 mm | +37 mm |
| Nov | 2.1 °C | +2.3 °C | 272 mm | +20 mm |
| Dec | -1.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 480 mm | +248 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Terrace?
Terrace has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 2.7 °C and it receives 1,992 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Terrace?
The hottest day measured in Terrace between 1940 and 2025 was 17 July 1941, reaching 32.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Terrace?
The coldest day measured in Terrace between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1950, at -37.3 °C.
Does it snow in Terrace?
Yes. Terrace gets on average 744.8 cm of snow per year and has around 189 frost days.
Has the climate of Terrace warmed?
Yes: Terrace warmed by +4.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Terrace?
The wettest day measured in Terrace between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1978, with 113 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Terrace?
The windiest day measured in Terrace between 1940 and 2025 was 21 December 2006, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Terrace?
The warmest month in Terrace is August (12.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Terrace?
Terrace receives on average 1,992 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 210 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Terrace?
Terrace gets on average 6.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,482 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Terrace?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Terrace between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1991, with 66.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Terrace?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Terrace.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Terrace?
In Terrace, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 27 June 2021, and the lowest was -42.2 °C on 17 January 1950.
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