Precipitation Stats

North Vancouver is a rainy city! Annual precipitation levels in North Vancouver average 2537mm annually which is nearly double the levels of Vancouver (renown for being a rainy city). Tax payers should be able to count on our school district to build schools that provide the structures necessary to adequately handle our climatic conditions. 

The following information is from the National Climate Data and Information Archive:

"Climate Normals"
Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000
Climate normals or averages are used to summarize or describe the average climatic conditions of a particular location.

At the completion of each decade, Environment Canada updates its climate normals for as many locations and as many climatic characteristics as possible. The climate normals and extremes offered here are based on Canadian climate stations with at least 15 years of data between 1971 to 2000. 


  Station Name    Total Annual Precipitation (mm)
North Vancouver:
N VAN SEYMOUR HATCHERY   3870.5
N VANC GROUSE MTN RESORT   2685.2
N VANC SONORA DR   2387.1
N VANCOUVER CAPILANO   2043.7
N VANCOUVER CLEVELAND   2437.0
N VANCOUVER REDONDA DR   2476.8
N VANCOUVER 2ND NARROWS   1855.2

Average for North Vancouver

   2536.5

Comparison to Vancouver
VANCOUVER CITY HALL   1285.7
VANCOUVER HARBOUR CS   1588.6
* VANCOUVER INT'L AIRPORT   1199.0
VANCOUVER UBC   1277.4
Comparison to other parts of Canada
Whitehorse, Yukon Territories       267.4
Baker Lake, Nunavut     270.4
Yellowknife, NWT     280.7
Regina, SK International Airport     388.1
Edmonton, AB International Airport     482.7
Winnipeg, MB International Airport     513.7
Churchill Falls, Newfoundland     926.4
Ottawa, ON International Airport     943.5
Fredericton, NB    1143.3
Charlottetown, PEI   1173.3
Quebec City, QC International Airport   1230.3
Halifax, NS   1452.2


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Sources:
**The National Building Code website uses data from the Environment Canada National Climate Data and Information Archive