Castlegar A is a weather station located 496 m above sea level, 3 km from Castlegar. Its records go back to 1960: 57 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 8.9 °C, noticeably higher than over 1961–1990 (8.3 °C): a difference of 0.6 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1998 (10.2 °C) and the coldest 1985 (7.4 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 10 out of 57, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.21 °C per decade. The station ranks 171 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1960
The first ten years of the series (1960–1973) average 8.2 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average 9.1 °C, a difference of +0.9 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1998 (10.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 9.1 °C (2020) and bottoms out at 8.0 °C (1978).
Annual rainfall since 1960
On average 768 mm of rain falls per year over the 36 documented years. The wettest year, 1998, received 1056 mm; the driest, 1985, only 504 mm, which is 2.1 times less. Over 1961–1990, December is on average the wettest month (96 mm) and July the driest (35 mm). Between 1981 and 2002, 11 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.3 °C | −1.6 °C | +1.7 °C | 74 mm | – | – |
| February | −0.5 °C | 0.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 60 mm | – | – |
| March | 3.7 °C | 4.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 63 mm | – | – |
| April | 8.4 °C | 8.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 51 mm | – | – |
| May | 13.0 °C | 13.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 64 mm | – | – |
| June | 16.9 °C | 16.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 65 mm | – | – |
| July | 19.9 °C | 20.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 35 mm | – | – |
| August | 19.7 °C | 20.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 48 mm | – | – |
| September | 14.3 °C | 15.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 41 mm | – | – |
| October | 7.8 °C | 8.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 54 mm | – | – |
| November | 1.9 °C | 2.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 93 mm | – | – |
| December | −2.2 °C | −1.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 96 mm | – | – |
The largest temperature change is in January (+1.7 °C) and the smallest in June (0.0 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.6 °C, and 11 months out of twelve are warmer than before.
Records at Castlegar A
- Warmest year: 10.2 °C, in 1998
- Coldest year: 7.4 °C, in 1985
- Driest year: 504 mm, in 1985
- Wettest year: 1056 mm, in 1998
- Warmest month: 24.1 °C, in July 2007
- Coldest month: −9.2 °C, in January 1979
- Wettest month: 204 mm, in November 1983
- Hottest day: 44.0 °C, on 30 June 2021
- Coldest day: −30.6 °C, on 30 December 1968
- Heaviest rain in one day: 68.4 mm, on 17 July 2012
2.8 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 74.6 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.21 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.2 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 171 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Castlegar A are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Castlegar A?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Castlegar A is 8.9 °C. It was 8.3 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.6 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Castlegar A?
Since records began in 1960, the warmest year at Castlegar A is 1998, at 10.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1985 (7.4 °C).
Is the climate at Castlegar A getting warmer?
Yes: at Castlegar A, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.21 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.2 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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