Vernon climate — normals and trends
Vernon (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 618 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 (17.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Vernon averages 170 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 135 rainy days per year.
Vernon has warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.40 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 197 to 143 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 42.7 °C (on 30 June 2021) and the coldest -38.3 °C (on 25 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
VernonBritish Columbia
- coords
- 50.27°, -119.27°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
5.2°C
Average daily high
10.1°C
Average daily low
0.4°C
Annual rainfall
618mm
Sunshine / day
9.4h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
8.2km/h
Seasonal range
23.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
170 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
135 d/yr
Annual snowfall
165.4 cm
Average feels-like high
7.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-2.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.4 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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
42.7 °C
30 June 2021
Coldest day
-38.3 °C
25 January 1950
Wettest day
39 mm
11 May 1954
Windiest day
25.6 km/h
16 October 1991
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
16 October 1991
Hottest feels-like
42.7 °C
29 June 2021
Coldest feels-like
-43.1 °C
25 January 1950
Snowiest day
20.7 cm
7 January 1962
Sunniest day
16.0 h
6 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -0.2 °C | +3.0 °C | 25 mm | -28 mm |
| Feb | -1.7 °C | -2.2 °C | 39 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 7.4 °C | +2.7 °C | 78 mm | +33 mm |
| Apr | 13.4 °C | +3.7 °C | 45 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | +2.4 °C | 49 mm | -12 mm |
| Jun | 22.3 °C | +2.9 °C | 38 mm | -26 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | +2.4 °C | 48 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +5.7 °C | 16 mm | -31 mm |
| Oct | 10.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 49 mm | -8 mm |
| Nov | 5.5 °C | +3.4 °C | 80 mm | +14 mm |
| Dec | 2.4 °C | +4.6 °C | 117 mm | +58 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Vernon?
Vernon has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 5.2 °C and it receives 618 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Vernon?
The hottest day measured in Vernon between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 2021, reaching 42.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Vernon?
The coldest day measured in Vernon between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1950, at -38.3 °C.
Does it snow in Vernon?
Yes. Vernon gets on average 165.4 cm of snow per year and has around 170 frost days.
Has the climate of Vernon warmed?
Yes: Vernon warmed by +3.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Vernon?
The wettest day measured in Vernon between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 1954, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Vernon?
The windiest day measured in Vernon between 1940 and 2025 was 16 October 1991, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Vernon?
The warmest month in Vernon is July (17.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Vernon?
Vernon receives on average 618 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 135 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Vernon?
Vernon gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Vernon?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Vernon between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1962, with 20.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Vernon?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Vernon.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Vernon?
In Vernon, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.7 °C on 29 June 2021, and the lowest was -43.1 °C on 25 January 1950.
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