Average February Precipitation in British Columbia

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during February at cities and towns in British Columbia. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Southwest Mainland, Gulf Islands, Vancouver Island, Central BC, Southeast BC and Northern BC.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.

Southwest BC Mainland

Average monthly precipitation in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
16 Abbotsford 5.2 132
16 Chilliwack 5.0 126
14 Gibsons 4.3 110
17 North Vancouver, Capilano 11.0 279
16 Powell River 4.3 109
15 Vancouver 4.4 111
15 Whistler 4.1 105

Gulf Islands

February averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
17 Cortes Island, Whaletown 5.2 131
13 Gabriola Island 3.8 96
15 Mayne Island, Village Bay 3.5 88
16 Saltspring Island 3.9 99

Vancouver Island

February averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
16 Campbell River 5.9 149
16 Courtenay - Comox 4.5 114
18 Duncan 5.8 146
17 Gold River 11.3 286
16 Nanaimo 5.0 126
17 Port Alberni 10.1 255
18 Port Hardy 6.3 160
18 Port Renfrew 14.8 377
15 Sidney 3.5 89
19 Tofino 13.2 336
15 Victoria 2.9 74

Central British Columbia

Average amount of rain and snow in February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Barkerville 2.4 61
13 Bella Coola 3.4 88
7 Kamloops 0.5 12
9 Kelowna 0.8 20
8 Lillooet 0.8 20
10 Penticton 0.8 20
9 Vernon 1.0 25
9 Williams Lake 0.7 19

Southeast BC

Precipitation totals for February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Castlegar 2.0 51
9 Cranbrook 0.7 19
9 Golden 1.0 24
16 Revelstoke 3.2 80
10 Sparwood 1.6 41

Northern British Columbia

Total precipitation during February
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
8 Atlin 1.0 25
9 Fort Nelson 0.6 15
8 Fort St John 0.7 19
10 Prince George 1.1 29
17 Prince Rupert 8.7 221
19 Sandspit, Haida Gwaii 5.1 131
11 Smithers 0.9 23
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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