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Weather extremes

How extreme does Saanich's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Saanich has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Esquimalt Harbour station 14 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Saanich has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
97°F Jun 27, 2021

That is about 33°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Saanich (typical high near 64°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 97°F Jun 27, 2021recent
2 89°F Jun 29, 1995
3 87°F Jun 28, 2021
❄️ Coldest night
14°F Jan 12, 2024

About 24°F colder than a normal January night in Saanich (typical low near 38°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 14°F Jan 12, 2024recent
2 17°F Dec 27, 2021
3 17°F Jan 13, 2024
🌧️ Most rain in one day
4.49 in Oct 16, 2003

More rain in a single day than Saanich usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 3.9 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.49 in Oct 16, 2003
2 4.00 in Dec 13, 1979
3 3.94 in Nov 7, 1995
Most snow in one day
8.7 in Nov 26, 1985

The three most extreme on record

1 8.7 in Nov 26, 1985
2 6.7 in Dec 18, 1990
3 6.0 in Dec 7, 1971

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.

-10°10°30°50°70°90°110° all-time high 97°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Saanich's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 97°F is about 33°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

In a normal year, Saanich's warmest days reach the high 60s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 30s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 97°F and as low as 14°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain or close to 9 inches of snow. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 30 years of daily observations at Saanichton Cda, a weather station, about 9 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →