Columbia Gardens Weather Records (CA001141800)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Columbia Gardens (CA001141800), British Columbia, Canada, with 34 years of record.

Key Facts for Columbia Gardens

Columbia Gardens (CA001141800) is a weather station in British Columbia, Canada at 49.05 latitude and -117.60 longitude, 433 m (1,421 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1937 to 1970, 34 years of record.
1,464 records set at Columbia Gardens still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Columbia Gardens set a daily record precipitation of 7.6 mm (0.30 in) on 14 March 1970.

About the Station

Location: British Columbia, Canada, 49.05 latitude, -117.60 longitude.
Elevation: 433 m (1,421 ft).
Period of record: 1937 to 1970, 34 years.
Eligible elements: prcp, snow.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

0 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Columbia Gardens. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Columbia Gardens, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	11.7 C (53.1 F)	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Feb	15.0 C (59.0 F)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Mar	22.2 C (72.0 F)	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Apr	31.1 C (88.0 F)	-7.2 C (19.0 F)	n/a	n/a
May	34.4 C (93.9 F)	-6.7 C (19.9 F)	n/a	n/a
Jun	35.0 C (95.0 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Jul	40.6 C (105.1 F)	1.7 C (35.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Aug	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1.1 C (34.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Sep	37.2 C (99.0 F)	-3.9 C (25.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Oct	28.3 C (82.9 F)	-8.9 C (16.0 F)	n/a	n/a
Nov	17.2 C (63.0 F)	-21.7 C (-7.1 F)	n/a	n/a
Dec	12.2 C (54.0 F)	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)	n/a	n/a

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Columbia Gardens still stand. 1949 holds the most, with 95.

Standing records at Columbia Gardens by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1941	80
1942	50
1943	42
1944	35
1945	65
1946	45
1947	41
1948	45
1949	95
1950	61
1951	47
1952	46
1953	53
1954	61
1955	77
1956	56
1957	46
1958	57
1959	29
1960	54
1961	59
1962	56
1963	44
1964	31
1965	35
1966	29
1967	50
1968	42
1969	28
1970	5

Wettest Day of Each Month

Jun: 44.5 mm (1.8 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Columbia Gardens. The most was 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 2 June 1956.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Columbia Gardens
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	22.9 mm (0.9 in)	5 January 1966
Feb	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	24 February 1958
Mar	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	27 March 1960
Apr	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	23 April 1969
May	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	27 May 1953
Jun	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	2 June 1956
Jul	23.4 mm (0.9 in)	27 July 1947
Aug	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 August 1954
Sep	37.3 mm (1.5 in)	14 September 1959
Oct	29.0 mm (1.1 in)	2 October 1938
Nov	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 November 1968
Dec	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27 December 1965

Period of Record Coverage

1941 to 1970

30 years of record at Columbia Gardens, 1941 to 1970. 1 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1970.

Days with data per year at Columbia Gardens
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1941	365	100%	Yes
1942	358	98%	Yes
1943	365	100%	Yes
1944	366	100%	Yes
1945	365	100%	Yes
1946	364	100%	Yes
1947	365	100%	Yes
1948	366	100%	Yes
1949	365	100%	Yes
1950	336	92%	Yes
1951	365	100%	Yes
1952	366	100%	Yes
1953	365	100%	Yes
1954	365	100%	Yes
1955	365	100%	Yes
1956	366	100%	Yes
1957	365	100%	Yes
1958	365	100%	Yes
1959	365	100%	Yes
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	355	97%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	359	98%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	365	100%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	363	99%	Yes
1969	361	99%	Yes
1970	151	41%	No

Latest Records

Latest records at Columbia Gardens
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
14 March 1970	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	1.8 mm (0.07 in)	4 years	8 of 100 (Routine)
16 February 1970	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	8.9 mm (0.35 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	4 years	7 of 100 (Routine)
15 February 1970	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	8.6 mm (0.34 in)	20 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
26 January 1970	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	11.9 mm (0.5 in)	1.5 mm (0.06 in)	28 years	14 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1970	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
19 January 1970	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 November 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	6.8 mm (0.27 in)	28 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
22 September 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	4.8 mm (0.19 in)	20 years	16 of 100 (Routine)
25 July 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	1.3 mm (0.05 in)	27 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
4 July 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	8.7 mm (0.34 in)	18 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
2 July 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	7.9 mm (0.31 in)	3.1 mm (0.12 in)	15 years	13 of 100 (Routine)
28 June 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	9.9 mm (0.39 in)	2.3 mm (0.09 in)	3 years	6 of 100 (Routine)
24 June 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	11 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
20 June 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	16 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
29 May 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	24.4 mm (1.0 in)	13.0 mm (0.5 in)	31 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
23 April 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	monthly rain	24.6 mm (1.0 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	26 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
18 April 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	0 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
7 April 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain (Tie)	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	tie	24 years	2 of 100 (Routine)
11 February 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	9.2 mm (0.36 in)	8 years	20 of 100 (Routine)
8 February 1969	Columbia Gardens, CA	daily rain	20.6 mm (0.8 in)	10.4 mm (0.4 in)	21 years	20 of 100 (Routine)

Climate Trend

26 complete years, 1941 to 1969

One stripe for each of 26 complete years at Columbia Gardens, 1941 to 1969. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 8.3 C (46.9 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1955, at 6.3 C (43.4 F), and the warmest was 1941, at 9.7 C (49.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.0 C (3.6 F).

Annual mean temperature at Columbia Gardens as warming stripes, 1941 to 1969
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1941	9.7 C	+1.39 C
1942	8.8 C	+0.50 C
1943	7.7 C	-0.53 C
1945	8.1 C	-0.13 C
1946	7.9 C	-0.34 C
1947	8.4 C	+0.17 C
1948	7.1 C	-1.13 C
1951	7.4 C	-0.82 C
1952	8.5 C	+0.27 C
1953	8.8 C	+0.53 C
1954	7.6 C	-0.63 C
1955	6.3 C	-1.94 C
1956	7.8 C	-0.47 C
1957	7.5 C	-0.78 C
1958	9.4 C	+1.12 C
1959	7.1 C	-1.17 C
1960	7.5 C	-0.78 C
1961	9.1 C	+0.83 C
1962	8.8 C	+0.53 C
1963	9.3 C	+1.06 C
1964	7.7 C	-0.57 C
1965	8.7 C	+0.48 C
1966	9.1 C	+0.82 C
1967	9.4 C	+1.10 C
1968	8.4 C	+0.17 C
1969	8.6 C	+0.30 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1937 to 1970

Yearly extremes at Columbia Gardens: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	41.7 C (107.1 F)	1961	37.0 C (98.5 F)	30
Coldest night (TNn)	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)	1950	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)	30
Wettest day (Rx1day)	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	1956	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	34
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	79.8 mm (3.1 in)	1965	48.7 mm (1.9 in)	34
Longest dry spell (CDD)	58 days	1939	28 days	34

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Columbia Gardens, 1937 to 1970. The record is 41.7 C (107.1 F) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 37.0 C (98.5 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Columbia Gardens by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1942	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1943	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1944	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1945	37.2 C (99.0 F)
1946	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1947	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1948	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1949	37.2 C (99.0 F)
1950	37.2 C (99.0 F)
1951	38.9 C (102.0 F)
1952	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1953	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1954	33.9 C (93.0 F)
1955	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1956	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1957	33.3 C (91.9 F)
1958	38.3 C (100.9 F)
1959	37.2 C (99.0 F)
1960	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1961	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1962	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1963	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1964	36.7 C (98.1 F)
1965	37.8 C (100.0 F)
1966	35.6 C (96.1 F)
1967	39.4 C (102.9 F)
1968	36.1 C (97.0 F)
1969	35.0 C (95.0 F)
1970	29.4 C (84.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Columbia Gardens, 1937 to 1970. The record is -36.1 C (-33.0 F) in 1950, marked on the chart; the median year is -23.3 C (-9.9 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Columbia Gardens by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1937	n/a
1938	n/a
1939	n/a
1940	n/a
1941	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1942	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1943	-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1944	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1945	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1946	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1947	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1948	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1949	-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1950	-36.1 C (-33.0 F)
1951	-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1952	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1953	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1954	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1955	-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1956	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1957	-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1958	-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1959	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1960	-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1961	-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1962	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1963	-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1964	-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1965	-15.0 C (5.0 F)
1966	-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1967	-17.2 C (1.0 F)
1968	-35.0 C (-31.0 F)
1969	-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1970	-13.9 C (7.0 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Columbia Gardens, 1937 to 1970. The record is 44.5 mm (1.8 in) in 1956, marked on the chart; the median year is 25.3 mm (1.0 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Columbia Gardens by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1937	17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1938	29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1939	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1940	21.8 mm (0.9 in)
1941	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1942	23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1943	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1944	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1945	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1946	20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1947	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1948	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1949	28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1950	20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1951	25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1952	19.8 mm (0.8 in)
1953	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1954	24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1955	27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1956	44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1957	18.8 mm (0.7 in)
1958	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1959	37.3 mm (1.5 in)
1960	29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1961	27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1962	25.1 mm (1.0 in)
1963	34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1964	26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1965	38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1966	30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1967	21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1968	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1969	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1970	22.6 mm (0.9 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Columbia Gardens, 1937 to 1970. The record is 79.8 mm (3.1 in) in 1965, marked on the chart; the median year is 48.7 mm (1.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Columbia Gardens by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1937	46.0 mm (1.8 in)
1938	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1939	49.5 mm (1.9 in)
1940	43.6 mm (1.7 in)
1941	47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1942	56.7 mm (2.2 in)
1943	47.6 mm (1.9 in)
1944	27.5 mm (1.1 in)
1945	44.4 mm (1.7 in)
1946	41.9 mm (1.6 in)
1947	47.9 mm (1.9 in)
1948	36.1 mm (1.4 in)
1949	39.1 mm (1.5 in)
1950	76.7 mm (3.0 in)
1951	69.9 mm (2.8 in)
1952	37.2 mm (1.5 in)
1953	38.4 mm (1.5 in)
1954	56.4 mm (2.2 in)
1955	46.7 mm (1.8 in)
1956	70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1957	45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1958	54.6 mm (2.1 in)
1959	53.7 mm (2.1 in)
1960	52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1961	79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1962	43.7 mm (1.7 in)
1963	44.8 mm (1.8 in)
1964	60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1965	79.8 mm (3.1 in)
1966	62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1967	53.1 mm (2.1 in)
1968	58.5 mm (2.3 in)
1969	64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1970	45.5 mm (1.8 in)

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Columbia Gardens, 1937 to 1970. The record is 58 days in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 28 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Columbia Gardens by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1937	21 days
1938	30 days
1939	58 days
1940	36 days
1941	23 days
1942	24 days
1943	29 days
1944	27 days
1945	38 days
1946	29 days
1947	30 days
1948	25 days
1949	20 days
1950	30 days
1951	34 days
1952	41 days
1953	26 days
1954	24 days
1955	44 days
1956	21 days
1957	38 days
1958	49 days
1959	45 days
1960	32 days
1961	22 days
1962	22 days
1963	22 days
1964	16 days
1965	28 days
1966	22 days
1967	28 days
1968	19 days
1969	54 days
1970	11 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

26 years with a frost

Across 26 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Columbia Gardens falls on 9 May and the median first autumn frost on 21 September, which leaves a median of 136 days between them.

Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +9.5 days per decade at this station.

Frost dates and growing season at Columbia Gardens
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1941 to 1969)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	9 May	n/a	9 May	n/a	-2.8 days per decade
First autumn frost	21 September	n/a	21 September	n/a	+6.8 days per decade
Growing days	136 days	n/a	136 days	n/a	+9.5 days per decade

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

Rainfall Return Levels

32 years, 1938 to 1969

A day with at least 25.6 mm (1.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 47.7 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.

Rainfall return levels at Columbia Gardens: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in	A day with at least	Note
2 years	25.6 mm (1.0 in)
5 years	31.1 mm (1.2 in)
10 years	35.0 mm (1.4 in)
25 years	40.0 mm (1.6 in)
50 years	43.8 mm (1.7 in)	Longer than the 32 years of record
100 years	47.7 mm (1.9 in)	Longer than the 32 years of record

The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 32 years of values from 1938 to 1969.

A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.

The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 44.5 mm (1.8 in) in 1956; 38.1 mm (1.5 in) in 1965; 37.3 mm (1.5 in) in 1959.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).