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Winter Weather in Kitimat Canada

Daily high temperatures are around 37°F, rarely falling below 21°F or exceeding 47°F. The lowest daily average high temperature is 34°F on December 31.

Daily low temperatures are around 29°F, rarely falling below 10°F or exceeding 39°F. The lowest daily average low temperature is 27°F on December 31.

For reference, on July 30, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Kitimat typically range from 56°F to 73°F, while on December 31, the coldest day of the year, they range from 27°F to 34°F.

Average High and Low Temperature in the Winter in Kitimat

Average High and Low Temperature in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb10°F10°F15°F15°F20°F20°F25°F25°F30°F30°F35°F35°F40°F40°F45°F45°F50°F50°F55°F55°FFallSpringDec 3134°FDec 3134°F27°F27°FDec 137°FDec 137°F31°F31°FFeb 2840°FFeb 2840°F32°F32°FFeb 137°FFeb 137°F30°F30°F
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average winter temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Average Hourly Temperature in the Winter in Kitimat

Average Hourly Temperature in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFallSpringfreezingvery coldvery coldcold
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

Laubach, Germany (4,794 miles away) and Koszalin, Poland (4,698 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Kitimat (view comparison).

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The winter in Kitimat experiences gradually decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 81% to 75%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 74% on February 21.

The clearest day of the winter is February 21, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 26% of the time.

For reference, on October 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 82%, while on July 30, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 44%.

Cloud Cover Categories in the Winter in Kitimat

Cloud Cover Categories in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FallSpringOct 2218%Oct 2218%Dec 119%Dec 119%Feb 2825%Feb 2825%Jan 121%Jan 121%Feb 122%Feb 122%clearpartly cloudyovercastmostly cloudymostly clear
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Kitimat, the chance of a wet day over the course of the winter is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 63% and ending it at 54%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 71% on November 3, and its lowest chance is 38% on July 31.

Over the course of the winter in Kitimat, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 52% to 47%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain decreases from 7% to 5%, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 6% throughout.

Probability of Precipitation in the Winter in Kitimat

Probability of Precipitation in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%FallSpringFeb 2051%Feb 2051%Dec 163%Dec 163%Jan 160%Jan 160%Feb 157%Feb 157%snowmixedrain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the winter in Kitimat is very rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 8.1 inches, when it rarely exceeds 12.9 inches or falls below 4.4 inches, and ending the season at 5.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 8.1 inches or falls below 2.7 inches.

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Winter in Kitimat

Average Monthly Rainfall in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0 in0 in2 in2 in4 in4 in6 in6 in8 in8 in10 in10 in12 in12 in14 in14 inFallSpringDec 18.1 inDec 18.1 inFeb 285.3 inFeb 285.3 inJan 17.0 inJan 17.0 inFeb 16.5 inFeb 16.5 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average snowfall.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the winter in Kitimat is decreasing, starting the season at 7.7 inches, when it rarely exceeds 18.2 inches or falls below 0.3 inches, and ending the season at 5.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 14.5 inches or falls below -0.0 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 13.7 inches on January 7.

Average Monthly Snowfall in the Winter in Kitimat

Average Monthly Snowfall in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0 in0 in5 in5 in10 in10 in15 in15 in20 in20 in25 in25 in30 in30 inFallSpringJan 713.7 inJan 713.7 inDec 17.7 inDec 17.7 inFeb 285.0 inFeb 285.0 inFeb 110.2 inFeb 110.2 in
The average snowfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average rainfall.

Over the course of the winter in Kitimat, the length of the day is very rapidly increasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day increases by 3 hours, 2 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 2 minutes, 3 seconds, and weekly increase of 14 minutes, 20 seconds.

The shortest day of the winter is December 21, with 7 hours, 22 minutes of daylight and the longest day is February 28, with 10 hours, 46 minutes of daylight.

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Winter in Kitimat

Hours of Daylight and Twilight in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrFallSpringDec 217 hr, 22 minDec 217 hr, 22 minnightnightdaydayFeb 2810 hr, 46 minFeb 2810 hr, 46 minFeb 18 hr, 56 minFeb 18 hr, 56 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.

The latest sunrise of the winter in Kitimat is 8:54 AM on December 28 and the earliest sunrise is 1 hour, 30 minutes earlier at 7:24 AM on February 28.

The earliest sunset is 4:11 PM on December 13 and the latest sunset is 1 hour, 59 minutes later at 6:10 PM on February 28.

Daylight saving time is observed in Kitimat during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the winter, so the entire season is in daylight saving time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:01 AM and sets 17 hours, 10 minutes later, at 10:11 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 8:52 AM and sets 7 hours, 22 minutes later, at 4:13 PM.

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Winter in Kitimat

Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMFallSpring7:24 AM7:24 AMFeb 286:10 PMFeb 286:10 PM8:46 AM8:46 AMDec 134:11 PMDec 134:11 PM8:53 AM8:53 AMJan 14:23 PMJan 14:23 PM8:20 AM8:20 AMFeb 15:16 PMFeb 15:16 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day in the winter. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Winter in Kitimat

Solar Elevation and Azimuth in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM2 AM2 AM4 AM4 AM6 AM6 AM8 AM8 AM10 AM10 AM12 PM12 PM2 PM2 PM4 PM4 PM6 PM6 PM8 PM8 PM10 PM10 PM12 AM12 AMFallSpring010010
northeastsouthwest
Solar elevation and azimuth in the the winter of 2024. The black lines are lines of constant solar elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon, in degrees). The background color fills indicate the azimuth (the compass bearing) of the sun. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries of the cardinal compass points indicate the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the winter of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Winter in Kitimat

Moon Rise, Set & Phases in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb12 AM12 AM4 AM4 AM8 AM8 AM12 PM12 PM4 PM4 PM8 PM8 PM12 AM12 AMFallSpringNov 15:48 AMNov 15:48 AMNov 151:29 PMNov 151:29 PMNov 3010:22 PMNov 3010:22 PMDec 151:02 AMDec 151:02 AMDec 302:28 PMDec 302:28 PMJan 132:28 PMJan 132:28 PMJan 294:37 AMJan 294:37 AMFeb 125:54 AMFeb 125:54 AMFeb 274:45 PMFeb 274:45 PMMar 1311:55 PMMar 1311:55 PMMar 293:58 AMMar 293:58 AM9:06 AM9:06 AM5:37 PM5:37 PM8:30 AM8:30 AM3:20 PM3:20 PM9:38 AM9:38 AM3:33 PM3:33 PM4:04 PM4:04 PM9:53 AM9:53 AM9:06 AM9:06 AM5:27 PM5:27 PM8:28 AM8:28 AM6:01 PM6:01 PM7:15 PM7:15 PM8:01 AM8:01 AM9:07 PM9:07 PM
The time in which the moon is above the horizon (light blue area), with new moons (dark gray lines) and full moons (blue lines) indicated. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Kitimat is essentially constant during the winter, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on July 22, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Winter in Kitimat

Humidity Comfort Levels in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0%0%10%10%20%20%30%30%40%40%50%50%60%60%70%70%80%80%90%90%100%100%FallSpringJan 150%Jan 150%Dec 10%Dec 10%Feb 280%Feb 280%Jan 10%Jan 10%Feb 10%Feb 10%drydry
dry 55°F comfortable 60°F humid 65°F muggy 70°F oppressive 75°F miserable
The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Kitimat is essentially constant during the winter, remaining within 0.3 miles per hour of 5.8 miles per hour throughout.

For reference, on December 28, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour, while on August 2, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 3.6 miles per hour.

The highest daily average wind speed during the winter is 6.0 miles per hour on December 28.

Average Wind Speed in the Winter in Kitimat

Average Wind Speed in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0 mph0 mph2 mph2 mph4 mph4 mph6 mph6 mph8 mph8 mph10 mph10 mphFallSpringDec 286.0 mphDec 286.0 mphDec 15.5 mphDec 15.5 mphFeb 285.5 mphFeb 285.5 mphFeb 15.7 mphFeb 15.7 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

The wind direction in Kitimat during the winter is predominantly out of the south from December 1 to December 15 and the east from December 15 to February 28.

Wind Direction in the Winter in Kitimat

Wind Direction in the Winter in KitimatSESDecJanFeb0%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%FallSpringsoutheastwest
northeastsouthwest
The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).

Kitimat is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Kitimat is gradually decreasing during the winter, falling by 2°F, from 46°F to 43°F, over the course of the season.

Average Water Temperature in the Winter in Kitimat

Average Water Temperature in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb40°F40°F42°F42°F44°F44°F46°F46°F48°F48°F50°F50°FFallSpringDec 146°FDec 146°FFeb 2843°FFeb 2843°FJan 144°FJan 144°FFeb 144°FFeb 144°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Kitimat typically lasts for 6.8 months (207 days), from around April 12 to around November 5, rarely starting before March 19 or after May 1, and rarely ending before October 12 or after November 24.

The winter in Kitimat is very likely fully outside of the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a low of 0% on January 24.

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Winter in Kitimat

Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%FallSpringDec 13%Dec 13%Feb 281%Feb 281%Jan 10%Jan 10%Feb 10%Feb 10%50%Nov 550%Nov 50%Jan 240%Jan 24freezingvery coldcoldfrigid
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Kitimat are very rapidly decreasing during the winter, decreasing by 1,335°F, from 1,335°F to 0°F, over the course of the season.

Growing Degree Days in the Winter in Kitimat

Growing Degree Days in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0°F0°F200°F200°F400°F400°F600°F600°F800°F800°F1,000°F1,000°F1,200°F1,200°F1,400°F1,400°FFallSpringDec 11,335°FDec 11,335°FFeb 280°FFeb 280°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of the winter, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Kitimat is increasing during the winter, rising by 1.3 kWh, from 0.5 kWh to 1.9 kWh, over the course of the season.

The lowest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the winter is 0.4 kWh on December 15.

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Winter in Kitimat

Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in the Winter in KitimatDecJanFeb0.0 kWh0.0 kWh0.5 kWh0.5 kWh1.0 kWh1.0 kWh1.5 kWh1.5 kWh2.0 kWh2.0 kWh2.5 kWh2.5 kWh3.0 kWh3.0 kWh3.5 kWh3.5 kWh4.0 kWh4.0 kWh4.5 kWh4.5 kWh5.0 kWh5.0 kWhFallSpringDec 150.4 kWhDec 150.4 kWhFeb 281.9 kWhFeb 281.9 kWhJan 10.5 kWhJan 10.5 kWhFeb 11.0 kWhFeb 11.0 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Kitimat are 54.052 deg latitude, -128.653 deg longitude, and 69 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Kitimat contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 463 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 139 feet. Within 10 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (5,125 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,976 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Kitimat is covered by trees (49%), sparse vegetation (21%), and grassland (19%), within 10 miles by trees (80%), and within 50 miles by trees (57%) and sparse vegetation (13%).

This report illustrates the typical weather in Kitimat, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.

Temperature and Dew Point

There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Kitimat.

For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Kitimat according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.

The estimated value at Kitimat is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Kitimat and a given station.

The stations contributing to this reconstruction are:

To get a sense of how much these sources agree with each other, you can view a comparison of Kitimat and the stations that contribute to our estimates of its temperature history and climate. Please note that each source's contribution is adjusted for elevation and the relative change present in the MERRA-2 data.

Other Data

All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.

All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.

Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .

Time zones for airports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .

Maps are © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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