Editing Vancouver (section)

===Climate===
{{Main|Climate of Vancouver}}
{{climate chart
| Vancouver
|  1.4 |  6.9 | 168.4
|  1.6 |  8.2 | 104.6
|  3.4 | 10.3 | 113.9
|  5.6 | 13.2 |  88.5
|  8.8 | 16.7 |  65.0
| 11.7 | 19.6 |  53.8
| 13.7 | 22.2 |  35.6
| 13.8 | 22.2 |  36.7
| 10.8 | 18.9 |  50.9
|  7.0 | 13.5 | 120.8
|  3.5 |  9.2 | 188.9
|  0.8 |  6.3 | 161.9
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| date=September 12, 2017
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Vancouver's climate, one of the mildest and most temperate climates in Canada, is classified as [[Oceanic climate|oceanic]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen:]] ''Cfb'') bordering on a warm-summer [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen:]] ''Csb''). While the city has the coolest summer average high of all major Canadian metropolitan areas, winters in Greater Vancouver are the fourth-mildest of Canadian cities, after nearby [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], [[Nanaimo]] and [[Duncan, British Columbia|Duncan]], all on Vancouver Island.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Winners – Mildest Winters |url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125151335/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/winners/categorydata_e.html?SelectedCategory=4 |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada}}</ref>

Vancouver is one of the wettest Canadian cities. However, precipitation varies throughout the metropolitan area. Annual precipitation as measured at [[Vancouver International Airport]] in [[Richmond, British Columbia|Richmond]] averages {{cvt|1,189|mm}}, compared with {{cvt|1588|mm}} in the downtown area and {{cvt|2044|mm}} in North Vancouver.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=888&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |title=Station Results &#124; Canada's National Climate Archive |work=climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca |publisher=Environment Canada |date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511224616/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=888&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=820&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |title=Station Results &#124; Canada's National Climate Archive |work=climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca |publisher=Environment Canada |date=February 4, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512003233/http://www.climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=820&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=May 12, 2013}}</ref> The daily maximum averages {{cvt|22|°C|0}} in July and August, with highs rarely reaching {{cvt|30|°C|0}}.<ref name="ccn" /> The summer months are typically dry, with only one in five days receiving precipitation during July and August. In contrast, most days from November through March record some precipitation.<ref name="vanprecip">{{cite web |title=Station Results: Vancouver City Hall, 1971–2000 |url=http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=882&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609134613/http://climate.weatheroffice.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?stnID=882&lang=e&dCode=0&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=June 9, 2012 |access-date=November 21, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada}}</ref>

The highest temperature ever recorded at the airport was {{cvt|34.4|°C}} set on July 30, 2009,<ref>{{cite news |title=Temperature record broken in Lower Mainland – again |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/temperature-record-broken-in-lower-mainland-again-1.798555 |work=CBC News |date=July 30, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327002624/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/temperature-record-broken-in-lower-mainland-again-1.798555 |archive-date=March 27, 2010}}</ref> and the highest temperature ever recorded within the city of Vancouver was {{cvt|35.0|°C}} occurring first on July 31, 1965,<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – Vancouver Kitsilano |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=&#124;&dlyRange=1956-05-01&#124;1990-11-30&mlyRange=1956-01-01&#124;1990-12-01&StationID=893&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=10&txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009123726/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1956-05-01%7C1990-11-30&mlyRange=1956-01-01%7C1990-12-01&StationID=893&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=7&Day=10&txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965txtStationName=Kitsilano&timeframe=2&Year=1965 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> again on August 8, 1981,<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – Vancouver Dunbar South |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=&#124;&dlyRange=1966-03-01&#124;1982-08-31&mlyRange=1966-01-01&#124;1982-12-01&StationID=884&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=8&Day=10&txtStationName=Dunbar&timeframe=2&Year=1981 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009123357/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1966-03-01%7C1982-08-31&mlyRange=1966-01-01%7C1982-12-01&StationID=884&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=2&searchMethod=contains&Month=8&Day=10&txtStationName=Dunbar&timeframe=2&Year=1981 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and also on May 29, 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – Vancouver Wales St |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=&#124;&dlyRange=1982-04-01&#124;1986-03-31&mlyRange=1982-01-01&#124;1986-12-01&StationID=879&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=5&Day=10&txtStationName=Wales&timeframe=2&Year=1983 |access-date=January 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009130706/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=%7C&dlyRange=1982-04-01%7C1986-03-31&mlyRange=1982-01-01%7C1986-12-01&StationID=879&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&Month=5&Day=10&txtStationName=Wales&timeframe=2&Year=1983 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The coldest temperature ever recorded in the city was {{cvt|-17.8|°C}} on January 14, 1950<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – VANCOUVER INT'L A |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1950&Month=1 |access-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054927/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1950&Month=1 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and again on December 29, 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weather Data – VANCOUVER INT'L A |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=Environment Canada |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1968&Month=12 |access-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054154/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=1953-01-01%7C2013-06-13&dlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-12&mlyRange=1937-01-01%7C2013-06-01&StationID=889&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2016&selRowPerPage=25&Line=37&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=vancouver&timeframe=2&Day=20&Year=1968&Month=12 |archive-date=March 18, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On average, snow falls nine days per year, with three days receiving {{cvt|5|cm}} or more. Average yearly snowfall is {{cvt|38.1|cm}} but typically does not remain on the ground for long.<ref name="ccn" />

Vancouver's [[growing season]] averages 237 days, from March 18 until November 10.<ref name="ccn">{{cite web |date=October 31, 2011 |title=Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 Station Data |url=http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=889&lang=e&dCode=1&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226212930/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?stnID=889&lang=e&dCode=1&StationName=VANCOUVER&SearchType=Contains&province=ALL&provBut=&month1=0&month2=12 |archive-date=February 26, 2015 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |publisher=Environment Canada}}</ref> Vancouver's 1981–2010 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone ranges from 8a to 9a depending on elevation and proximity to water.<ref>{{cite web |title=Plant Hardiness Zones 1981–2010 |publisher=Natural Resources Canada |url=http://planthardiness.gc.ca/index.pl?m=1 |access-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416235706/http://planthardiness.gc.ca/index.pl?m=1 |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{Clear}}
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