Editing Mount Waddington (section)

== Climate ==
The [[Waddington Range]] massif is known for fierce as well as unpredictable weather, located as it is at the brunt of the warm, wet winds that soak the British Columbia Coast, of which it is the highest point. Precipitation levels in the area of the peak are among the highest in the [[Coast Mountains]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1= Neff |first1= P.|last2= Steig|first2= E.|last3= Clark |first3= D.|last4=McConnell|first4=J.|last5=Pettit|first5=E.|last6=Menounos|first6=B.|
date= 2012|title= Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada|journal= Journal of Glaciology|volume=58 |issue= 212|pages=1165–1175 |doi= 10.3189/2012JoG12J078|bibcode= 2012JGlac..58.1165N|doi-access= free}}</ref> The peak has an [[ice cap climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|EF]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.climatewna.com/ClimateBC_Map.aspx|title=ClimateBC_Map|website=www.climatewna.com|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref>

In 2010 and again in 2023, scientists successfully drilled ice cores at Combatant Col, the saddle between Mt. Waddington and [[Combatant Mountain]], to obtain a climate and environmental record from the ice covering the last few hundred years. The 2023 core reached 219 meters in depth, at or near the base of the ice.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-glacier-science-climate-change|title=Unearthing climate history frozen in time|website=Globe and Mail|date=2023-11-05|access-date=2023-11-09}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Mount Waddington Peak 1981-2010 (51.372 -125.262)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = -9.6
|Feb high C = -10.4
|Mar high C = -9.8
|Apr high C = -8.5
|May high C = -4.6
|Jun high C = -2.1
|Jul high C = 1.0
|Aug high C = 1.7
|Sep high C = -0.2
|Oct high C = -4.8
|Nov high C = -9.0
|Dec high C = -9.9
|year high C = 
|Jan mean C= -12.6
|Feb mean C= -13.8
|Mar mean C= -13.6
|Apr mean C= -12.1
|May mean C= -8.1
|Jun mean C= -5.2
|Jul mean C= -2.1
|Aug mean C= -0.8
|Sep mean C= -2.3
|Oct mean C= -7.6
|Nov mean C= -12.2
|Dec mean C= -13.2
|year mean C= 
|Jan low C = -15.6
|Feb low C = -17.3
|Mar low C = -17.3
|Apr low C = -15.7
|May low C = -11.7
|Jun low C = -8.3
|Jul low C = -5.1
|Aug low C = -3.2
|Sep low C = -4.3
|Oct low C = -10.3
|Nov low C = -15.4
|Dec low C = -16.5
|year low C = 
|precipitation colour=green
|Jan precipitation mm = 592
|Feb precipitation mm = 382
|Mar precipitation mm = 403
|Apr precipitation mm = 349
|May precipitation mm = 123
|Jun precipitation mm = 115
|Jul precipitation mm = 130
|Aug precipitation mm = 144
|Sep precipitation mm = 164
|Oct precipitation mm = 676
|Nov precipitation mm = 721
|Dec precipitation mm = 586
|year precipitation mm = 
|source 1 = http://www.climatewna.com/ClimateBC_Map.aspx
|date=October 2017
}}