Tsawwassen climate — normals and trends
Tsawwassen (Canada) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,499 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 (17.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (3.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Tsawwassen averages 25 frost days, 2 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.
Tsawwassen has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 37 to 13 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 28 June 2021) and the coldest -18.8 °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
TsawwassenBritish Columbia
- coords
- 49.02°, -123.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.3°C
Average daily high
13.5°C
Average daily low
7.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,499mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
78%
Average peak wind
15.8km/h
Seasonal range
14.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
2 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
152 d/yr
Annual snowfall
43.2 cm
Average feels-like high
11.8 °C
Average feels-like low
4.8 °C
Average peak gust
29.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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
39.4 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest day
-18.8 °C
14 January 1950
Wettest day
101 mm
3 November 1955
Windiest day
58.8 km/h
13 October 1962
Strongest gust
104.8 km/h
13 October 1962
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
28 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-26.5 °C
13 January 1950
Snowiest day
27.8 cm
29 December 1996
Sunniest day
15.8 h
11 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 63 mm | -140 mm |
| Feb | 6.4 °C | -1.2 °C | 126 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 10.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 225 mm | +71 mm |
| Apr | 14.2 °C | +1.5 °C | 78 mm | -30 mm |
| May | 16.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 68 mm | -5 mm |
| Jun | 19.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 16 mm | -36 mm |
| Jul | 23.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 7 mm | -24 mm |
| Aug | 22.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 57 mm | +16 mm |
| Sep | 20.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 60 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 13.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 160 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 10.4 °C | +1.7 °C | 171 mm | -52 mm |
| Dec | 8.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 281 mm | +67 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tsawwassen?
Tsawwassen has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,499 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tsawwassen?
The hottest day measured in Tsawwassen between 1940 and 2025 was 28 June 2021, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tsawwassen?
The coldest day measured in Tsawwassen between 1940 and 2025 was 14 January 1950, at -18.8 °C.
Does it snow in Tsawwassen?
Yes. Tsawwassen gets on average 43.2 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Tsawwassen warmed?
Yes: Tsawwassen warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tsawwassen?
The wettest day measured in Tsawwassen between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 1955, with 101 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tsawwassen?
The windiest day measured in Tsawwassen between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1962, with winds reaching 58.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tsawwassen?
The warmest month in Tsawwassen is July (17.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (3.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Tsawwassen?
Tsawwassen receives on average 1,499 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tsawwassen?
Tsawwassen gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Tsawwassen?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Tsawwassen between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1996, with 27.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Tsawwassen?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tsawwassen.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tsawwassen?
In Tsawwassen, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 28 June 2021, and the lowest was -26.5 °C on 13 January 1950.
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