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Weather extremes
How extreme does Vancouver's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Vancouver 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 Vancouver has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 42°F hotter than a normal June afternoon in Vancouver (typical high near 74°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 30°F colder than a normal December night in Vancouver (typical low near 35°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 53% of a typical November's rain in a single day (Vancouver averages roughly 5.5 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.
Vancouver's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — June's 115°F is about 42°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 — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Portland Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00024229), about 6 km from the city centre.