Fernie is a weather station located 1001 m above sea level, 2 km from Fernie. Its records go back to 1914: 99 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 5.6 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (4.9 °C): a difference of 0.8 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2016 (7.3 °C) and the coldest 1951 (1.9 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 6 out of 99, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.18 °C per decade. The station ranks 201 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1914
The first ten years of the series (1914–1923) average 4.1 °C; the last ten (2010–2020) average 5.8 °C, a difference of +1.7 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 4 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2016 (7.3 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 5.9 °C (2020) and bottoms out at 3.8 °C (1957).
Annual rainfall since 1914
On average 649 mm of rain falls per year over the 96 documented years. The wettest year, 2012, received 1589 mm; the driest, 1944, only 274 mm, which is 5.8 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (895 mm per year) is 301 mm (50.7 %) above the 1961–1990 one (594 mm). Over 1991–2020, November is on average the wettest month (103 mm) and August the driest (43 mm). Between 1996 and 2017, 19 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 | −7.3 °C | −4.9 °C | +2.4 °C | 50 mm | 80 mm | +30 mm |
| February | −3.6 °C | −3.8 °C | −0.2 °C | 44 mm | 62 mm | +18 mm |
| March | 0.0 °C | 0.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 34 mm | 92 mm | +58 mm |
| April | 4.9 °C | 5.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 40 mm | 68 mm | +28 mm |
| May | 9.5 °C | 10.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 63 mm | 79 mm | +16 mm |
| June | 13.5 °C | 13.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 71 mm | 92 mm | +21 mm |
| July | 16.4 °C | 17.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 50 mm | 52 mm | +2 mm |
| August | 15.8 °C | 16.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 54 mm | 43 mm | −11 mm |
| September | 10.9 °C | 12.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 49 mm | 61 mm | +12 mm |
| October | 5.5 °C | 5.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 39 mm | 96 mm | +57 mm |
| November | −1.2 °C | −0.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 52 mm | 103 mm | +51 mm |
| December | −6.1 °C | −5.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 48 mm | 67 mm | +19 mm |
The largest temperature change is in January (+2.4 °C) and the smallest in February (−0.2 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.8 °C, and 11 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in March (+58 mm) and the smallest in August (−11 mm).
Records at Fernie
- Warmest year: 7.3 °C, in 2016
- Coldest year: 1.9 °C, in 1951
- Driest year: 274 mm, in 1944
- Wettest year: 1589 mm, in 2012
- Warmest month: 20.6 °C, in July 2007
- Coldest month: −21.5 °C, in January 1950
- Wettest month: 357 mm, in October 2016
- Hottest day: 38.0 °C, on 10 August 2018
- Coldest day: −41.7 °C, on 30 December 1968
- Heaviest rain in one day: 203.2 mm, on 6 August 2025
5.4 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 79.7 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.18 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.1 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.07 °C per decade: the station ranks 201 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 Fernie 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 Fernie?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Fernie is 5.6 °C. It was 4.9 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.8 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Fernie?
Since records began in 1914, the warmest year at Fernie is 2016, at 7.3 °C on average. The coldest is 1951 (1.9 °C).
Is the climate at Fernie getting warmer?
Yes: at Fernie, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.18 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.1 °C in total. 4 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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