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Elevation 2 m49.26° N, 123.11° W
When to go?
Mean 5 °C, 18 rain days in the month (229 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 5 °C, 14 rain days in the month (129 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 16 rain days in the month (178 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
Mean 10 °C, 13 rain days in the month (113 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 9 rain days in the month (86 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 16 °C, 7 rain days in the month (66 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 4 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 4 rain days in the month (46 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 16 °C, 8 rain days in the month (95 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 11 °C, 14 rain days in the month (189 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 19 rain days in the month (261 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 5 °C, 19 rain days in the month (234 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
The best months are June–September. Avoid November–January (often rainy), March (often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.7 °C (cells at 116 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Salish Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Salish Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Salish Sea (°C)
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2015 (+2.1 °C), coldest: 1955 (−1.7 °C).
January and July warmed the most (+1.4 and +1.2 °C), October the least (+0.3 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 10 °C) begins 7 days earlier and ends 2 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −3 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.9 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990
Snow, then and now
−50 %winter snow today, compared with 1961–1990