Vancouver Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Climate=== {{Main|Climate of Vancouver}} {{climate chart | Vancouver | 1.4 | 6.9 | 168.4 | 1.6 | 8.2 | 104.6 | 3.4 | 10.3 | 113.9 | 5.6 | 13.2 | 88.5 | 8.8 | 16.7 | 65.0 | 11.7 | 19.6 | 53.8 | 13.7 | 22.2 | 35.6 | 13.8 | 22.2 | 36.7 | 10.8 | 18.9 | 50.9 | 7.0 | 13.5 | 120.8 | 3.5 | 9.2 | 188.9 | 0.8 | 6.3 | 161.9 |float=right |date=September 12, 2017}} Vancouver's climate, one of the mildest and most temperate climates in Canada, is classified as [[Oceanic climate|oceanic]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen:]] ''Cfb'') or a warm-summer [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen:]] ''Csb''). While the city has the coolest summer average high of all major Canadian metropolitan areas, winters in Greater Vancouver are the fourth-mildest of Canadian cities, after nearby [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[Nanaimo]] and [[Duncan, British Columbia|Duncan]], all on Vancouver Island.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Winners – Mildest Winters |url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125151335/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=4 |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada}}</ref> Vancouver is one of the wettest Canadian cities. However, precipitation varies throughout the metropolitan area. Annual precipitation as measured at [[Vancouver International Airport]] in [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]] averages {{cvt|1,189|mm}}, compared with {{cvt|1588|mm}} in the downtown area and {{cvt|2044|mm}} in North Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=888&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |title=Station Results | Canada's National Climate Archive |work=climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca |publisher=Environment Canada |date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511224616/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=888&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=820&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |title=Station Results | Canada's National Climate Archive |work=climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca |publisher=Environment Canada |date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512003233/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=820&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=May 12, 2013}}</ref> The daily maximum averages {{cvt|22|°C|0}} in July and August, with highs rarely reaching {{cvt|30|°C|0}}.<ref name="ccn" /> The summer months are typically dry, with only one in five days receiving precipitation during July and August. In contrast, most days from November through March record some precipitation.<ref name="vanprecip">{{cite web |title=Station Results: Vancouver City Hall, 1971–2000 |url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=882&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609134613/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=882&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada}}</ref> The highest temperature ever recorded at the airport was {{cvt|34.4|°C}} set on July 30, 2009,<ref>{{cite news |title=Temperature record broken in Lower Mainland – again |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/temperature-record-broken-in-lower-mainland-again-1.798555 |work=CBC News |date=July 30, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327002624/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/temperature-record-broken-in-lower-mainland-again-1.798555 |archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> and the highest temperature ever recorded within the city of Vancouver was {{cvt|35.0|°C}} occurring first on July 31, 1965,<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – Vancouver Kitsilano |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=|&dlyRange=1956-05-01|1990-11-30&mlyRange=1956-01-01|1990-12-01&StationID=893&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=10&txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009123726/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1956-05-01%7C1990-11-30&mlyRange=1956-01-01%7C1990-12-01&StationID=893&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=10&txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> again on August 8, 1981,<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – Vancouver Dunbar South |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=|&dlyRange=1966-03-01|1982-08-31&mlyRange=1966-01-01|1982-12-01&StationID=884&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=8&Day=10&txtStationName=Dunbar&timeframe=2&Year=1981 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009123357/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1966-03-01%7C1982-08-31&mlyRange=1966-01-01%7C1982-12-01&StationID=884&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=8&Day=10&txtStationName=Dunbar&timeframe=2&Year=1981 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and also on May 29, 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – Vancouver Wales St |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=|&dlyRange=1982-04-01|1986-03-31&mlyRange=1982-01-01|1986-12-01&StationID=879&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=5&Day=10&txtStationName=Wales&timeframe=2&Year=1983 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009130706/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1982-04-01%7C1986-03-31&mlyRange=1982-01-01%7C1986-12-01&StationID=879&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=5&Day=10&txtStationName=Wales&timeframe=2&Year=1983 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The coldest temperature ever recorded in the city was {{cvt|-17.8|°C}} on January 14, 1950<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – VANCOUVER INT'L A |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1950&Month=1 |access-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054927/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1950&Month=1 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and again on December 29, 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – VANCOUVER INT'L A |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1968&Month=12 |access-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054154/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1968&Month=12 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> On average, snow falls nine days per year, with three days receiving {{cvt|5|cm}} or more. Average yearly snowfall is {{cvt|38.1|cm}} but typically does not remain on the ground for long.<ref name="ccn" /> Vancouver's [[growing season]] averages 237 days, from March 18 until November 10.<ref name="ccn">{{cite web |date=October 31, 2011 |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 Station Data |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=889&lang=e&dCode=1&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226212930/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=889&lang=e&dCode=1&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |publisher=Environment Canada}}</ref> Vancouver's 1981–2010 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone ranges from 8a to 9a depending on elevation and proximity to water.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plant Hardiness Zones 1981–2010 |publisher=Natural Resources Canada |url=http://planthardiness.gc.ca/index.pl?m=1 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416235706/http://planthardiness.gc.ca/index.pl?m=1 |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Clear}} {{Vancouver weatherbox}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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