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Get the Vancouver, BC local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
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On May 1, 1871, the new Dominion of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of the University of Toronto to establish a network of weather observations. This information was collected and made available to the public from 1877 onwards.
Coastal British Columbia has a more temperate climate, with a mild and rainy, cloudy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C, while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally ...
Climate data for Richmond (Vancouver International Airport) Climate ID: 1108447; coordinates 49°11′42″N 123°10′55″W / 49.19500°N 123.18194°W / 49.19500; -123.18194 ( Vancouver International Airport ) ; elevation: 4.3 m (14 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1898–present
Environment Canada has ranked Vancouver in 3rd place under the category of "lowest snowfall" among 100 major Canadian cities as the annual average of days with snowfall above 0.2 cm (0.08 in) is only at 8.7 days. [35] Vancouver's coastal climate has nonetheless allowed it to be ranked in 59th place under the category of "Most huge snowfall days ...
These amounts vary across the country due to topographical and climatic considerations. Criteria ranges from 10 to 15 cm (3.9 to 5.9 in) in a 12-hour period, with local exceptions for southwestern British Columbia (5 cm (2.0 in) in a 6-hour period) and Haines Skagway roads in British Columbia/Yukon (20 cm (7.9 in) in a 24-hour period).