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Weather extremes
How extreme does North Cowichan's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days North Cowichan has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days North Cowichan has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 36°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in North Cowichan (typical high near 71°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 32°F colder than a normal December night in North Cowichan (typical low near 31°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 45% of a typical January's rain in a single day (North Cowichan averages roughly 6.4 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
North Cowichan's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 107°F is about 36°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Saltspring ST Mary's L, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.