Victoria Weather & Climate

  Meteorological winter is from December 1 to February 29.  Winter 2023-24 was colder and drier than normal.   The mean temperature at Victo...

  Meteorological summer consists of June, July, and August.  Summer 2023 was warmer and a bit drier than normal. The mean temperature this p...

 July 2023 was a very nice month in Victoria.  The temperature was above normal, with a mean temperature of 16.7 C at Victoria Gonzales, 0.5...

  Meteorological spring is from March 1 to May 31.  Overall, spring 2023 saw close to normal temperatures, but was much drier than normal.  ...

Victoria is often in the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains, and as a result it generally gets much less rain than surrounding areas.  This...

Meteorological winter is from December 1 to February 28.  Winter 2022-23 was colder and drier than normal.   The mean temperature at Victori...

  After a year of extremes in 2021 (including the hottest temperature on record and the most annual precipitation on record), 2022 was not q...

Victoria gets less snow than any other city in Canada.  The 30-year (1991-2020) average annual snowfall for Victoria is 16 cm.  That's s...

 Victoria is known for its summer droughts.  It is the driest major city in Canada - by far - during the summer months, with an average of 4...

 Following the unprecedented heat wave in late June 2021, temperatures in Victoria returned to normal, but the dry sunny weather continued. ...

The heat wave that Victoria and the surrounding region just experienced was truly historic.  Weather historian Christopher Burt described it...

The chart below shows the chance of measurable precipitation in Victoria on any given date.  It is based on Environment Canada long term cli...

After comparing temperature and precipitation in the 41 largest urban areas in Canada (those with at least 100,000 population), we'll no...

I've already mentioned that Victoria is the sunniest place in B.C. and one of the sunniest cities in Canada.  Well, here's some ...