Weather in Cowichan Valley Regional District

Calculated from weather data of Friday Harbor Airport (KFHR) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	8.1	8.4	8.5	7.2	8.1	8.0
February	7.5	10.5	7.2	8.0	6.7	8.0
March	10.9	13.1	10.5	10.9	10.1	9.5
April	13.7		12.0	12.3	14.5	14.1
May	18.3		21.8	14.8	16.3	18.1
June	20.7		21.6	19.1	22.3	18.6
July	23.0		25.3	22.8	22.5	21.8
August	23.7		25.1	24.6	22.8	22.6
September	20.2		20.5	21.3	18.8	21.1
October	14.5		16.0	17.1	13.3	13.6
November	10.0		11.5	8.0	10.3	9.6
December	7.5		10.6	4.7	5.0	8.5
Average	14.3	10.7	16.0	14.6	14.3	14.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.5	4	4	3	4	4
February	2.2	6	2	3	2	3
March	3.7	6	4	5	3	2
April	5.5		5	4	5	5
May	7.8		8	7	7	7
June	9.6		10	9	10	10
July	10.7		11	11	11	11
August	11.3		13	10	12	11
September	10.4		11	10	10	11
October	7.3		9	8	7	8
November	4.9		6	2	6	5
December	3.2		7	1	1	4
Average	6.4	4.9	7.5	6.1	6.5	6.6

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	15	1	6	2
25 °C or warmer	2	42	24	18	15
20 °C or warmer	2	109	92	78	77
0 °C or colder	6	9	24	18	19

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.3	21	9	8	16	21
February	12.8	11	9	10	14	13
March	7.2	4	7	12	6	4
April	8.8		9	7	6	6
May	6.5		5	11	4	9
June	5.3		4	7	3	8
July	2.0		2	3	0	5
August	1.6		2	0	3	2
September	6.5		4	0	12	8
October	10.4		11	10	14	6
November	12.9		4	8	28	17
December	12.3		12	9	7	13
Average	8.3	11.7	6.1	6.9	8.4	8.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	11.9	11	11	10	13	14
February	11.5	10	11	11	11	10
March	11.4	13	12	11	11	12
April	12.0		15	12	9	10
May	9.3		10	10	9	9
June	10.0		11	9	10	10
July	9.2		10	7	9	10
August	9.0		9	9	9	9
September	8.7		9	9	10	8
October	9.8		10	9	12	10
November	10.9		9	10	11	12
December	10.7		10	11	12	11
Average	10.4	11.5	10.4	9.8	10.4	10.2

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	E	E	SE	SE	SE
February	E	SE	E	SE	SE
March	SE	SE	E	SE	E
April		SE	SE	SE	E
May		S	S	S	S
June		S	SE	S	S
July		S	SE	S	S
August		E	SE	S	SE
September		SE	E	SE	SE
October		E	SE	SE	S
November		SE	NE	SE	SE
December		SE	E	E	SE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Cowichan Valley Regional District weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Cowichan Valley Regional District?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 24 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Cowichan Valley Regional District?

The coldest month is December with an average daytime temperature of 8 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Cowichan Valley Regional District?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 13.3 %.

Which month is the driest in Cowichan Valley Regional District?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 1.6 %.