White Rock Campbell is a weather station located 13 m above sea level, 1 km from White Rock. Its records go back to 1929: 67 years of temperature are available up to 2019, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2019. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 11.0 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2015 (12.0 °C) and the coldest 1955 (7.6 °C). The last complete year, 2019, ranks 14 out of 67, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2019, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.32 °C per decade. The station ranks 55 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1929
The first ten years of the series (1929–1938) average 10.2 °C; the last ten (2010–2019) average 11.1 °C, a difference of +0.9 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 6 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2015 (12.0 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 11.1 °C (2019) and bottoms out at 8.8 °C (1957).
Annual rainfall since 1929
On average 1886 mm of rain falls per year over the 50 documented years. The wettest year, 1997, received 2496 mm; the driest, 1929, only 1082 mm, which is 2.3 times less. Between 1962 and 2005, 11 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Records at White Rock Campbell
- Warmest year: 12.0 °C, in 2015
- Coldest year: 7.6 °C, in 1955
- Driest year: 1082 mm, in 1929
- Wettest year: 2496 mm, in 1997
- Warmest month: 19.5 °C, in July 2015
- Coldest month: −6.1 °C, in January 1950
- Wettest month: 645 mm, in January 1935
- Hottest day: 38.5 °C, on 28 June 2021
- Coldest day: −20.0 °C, on 29 December 1968
- Heaviest rain in one day: 119.0 mm, on 16 October 2003
4.4 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Between the hottest and the coldest day on record, the range reaches 58.5 °C.
Temperature trend over 1961–2019
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.32 °C per decade between 1961 and 2019, about +1.9 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.07 °C per decade: the station ranks 55 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 White Rock Campbell 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 White Rock Campbell?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at White Rock Campbell is 11.0 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at White Rock Campbell?
Since records began in 1929, the warmest year at White Rock Campbell is 2015, at 12.0 °C on average. The coldest is 1955 (7.6 °C).
Is the climate at White Rock Campbell getting warmer?
Yes: at White Rock Campbell, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.32 °C per decade between 1961 and 2019, +1.9 °C in total. 6 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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