Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kamloops
Kamloops climate by month
Cold semi-arid · BSkBest Jun · Aug–Sep
Annual mean9°day and night
Seasonal swing24°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation297 mm157 wet days a year
50.67° N, 120.32° WElevation 414 mUTC−7 · Pacific Daylight Time
When to goKamloops · weather score
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
October: high / low13° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kamloops has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen BSk): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 28° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 0° and lows of -6°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 24°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 297 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (28 mm, 18 wet days) and August the driest (22 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in July to 48% in November.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Kamloops is 1.6° warmer on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · July
- Coldest nights
- -6° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- July · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 16 h 27 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 00 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 0° | 3° | 10° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 28° | 28° | 22° | 13° | 5° | 1° |
| Average low | -6° | -5° | -1° | 2° | 7° | 11° | 14° | 13° | 8° | 3° | -2° | -6° |
| Precipitation | 22 mm | 16 mm | 16 mm | 17 mm | 29 mm | 37 mm | 30 mm | 22 mm | 28 mm | 25 mm | 27 mm | 28 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.8 | 13.7 | 11.5 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 14.7 | 10 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 18.2 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 38% | 35% | 25% | 25% | 29% | 39% | 48% | 47% |
| Daylight | 8h 28 | 10h 04 | 11h 50 | 13h 49 | 15h 30 | 16h 27 | 16h 03 | 14h 33 | 12h 40 | 10h 46 | 8h 59 | 8h 00 |
| Month score | 18 | 21 | 26 | 59 | 64 | 65 | 62 | 67 | 78 | 37 | 18 | 18 |
ivMonth by month
Kamloops in every month
January18
0° / -6°
22 mm · 16.8 wet days
February21
3° / -5°
16 mm · 13.7 wet days
March26
10° / -1°
16 mm · 11.5 wet days
April59
16° / 2°
17 mm · 10.2 wet days
May64
21° / 7°
29 mm · 13.7 wet days
June65
24° / 11°
37 mm · 14.7 wet days
July62
28° / 14°
30 mm · 10 wet days
August67
28° / 13°
22 mm · 8.8 wet days
September78
22° / 8°
28 mm · 9.3 wet days
October37
13° / 3°
25 mm · 13.8 wet days
November18
5° / -2°
27 mm · 15.8 wet days
December18
1° / -6°
28 mm · 18.2 wet days