Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Nicola Lake (CA001125585), British Columbia, Canada, with 41 years of record.
Key Facts for Nicola Lake
Nicola Lake (CA001125585) is a weather station in British Columbia, Canada at 50.15 latitude and -120.65 longitude, 646 m (2,119 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1878 to 1918, 41 years of record.
1,464 records set at Nicola Lake still stand.
Records are tracked for prcp, snow: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Nicola Lake set a daily record precipitation of 14.7 mm (0.6 in) on 22 September 1918.
About the Station
Location: British Columbia, Canada, 50.15 latitude, -120.65 longitude.
Elevation: 646 m (2,119 ft).
Period of record: 1878 to 1918, 41 years.
Eligible elements: prcp, snow.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Nicola Lake. 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 Nicola Lake, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
12.8 C (55.0 F)
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
13.9 C (57.0 F)
-36.7 C (-34.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
29.4 C (84.9 F)
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
33.9 C (93.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
37.8 C (100.0 F)
2.8 C (37.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
30.0 C (86.0 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
18.9 C (66.0 F)
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
13.9 C (57.0 F)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Nicola Lake still stand. 1900 holds the most, with 91.
Standing records at Nicola Lake by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1895
16
1896
87
1897
69
1898
73
1899
90
1900
91
1901
62
1902
50
1903
57
1904
73
1905
59
1906
79
1907
53
1908
56
1909
60
1910
58
1911
59
1912
51
1913
62
1914
46
1915
21
1916
76
1917
69
1918
47
All-Time Record Progression
1 new records
1 all-time records were set at Nicola Lake between 2 May 1914 and 2 May 1914. Each dot is a new record.
When Nicola Lake set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1914-05-02
Record daily precipitation
Record daily precipitation 44.5 mm (1.8 in)
Wettest Day of Each Month
May: 44.5 mm (1.8 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Nicola Lake. The most was 44.5 mm (1.8 in) on 2 May 1914.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Nicola Lake
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
7 January 1880
Feb
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
17 February 1913
Mar
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
22 March 1918
Apr
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
11 April 1912
May
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
2 May 1914
Jun
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
18 June 1897
Jul
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
6 July 1903
Aug
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
25 August 1908
Sep
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
23 September 1880
Oct
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
6 October 1889
Nov
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
6 November 1879
Dec
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
23 December 1911
Period of Record Coverage
1895 to 1918
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
24 years of record at Nicola Lake, 1895 to 1918. 3 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1895, 1915, 1918.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 20 complete years at Nicola Lake, 1896 to 1916. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 5.7 C (42.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1916, at 3.7 C (38.6 F), and the warmest was 1906, at 7.1 C (44.8 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.1 C (3.8 F).
Annual mean temperature at Nicola Lake as warming stripes, 1896 to 1916
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1896
5.4 C
-0.26 C
1897
5.4 C
-0.31 C
1898
6.3 C
+0.56 C
1899
5.7 C
+0.01 C
1900
6.9 C
+1.18 C
1901
6.5 C
+0.81 C
1902
5.7 C
+0.05 C
1903
5.2 C
-0.53 C
1904
6.2 C
+0.50 C
1905
6.0 C
+0.26 C
1906
7.1 C
+1.44 C
1907
5.2 C
-0.54 C
1908
6.0 C
+0.26 C
1909
4.7 C
-0.96 C
1910
6.2 C
+0.48 C
1911
4.6 C
-1.05 C
1912
5.8 C
+0.10 C
1913
5.4 C
-0.34 C
1914
6.0 C
+0.26 C
1916
3.7 C
-2.01 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
1878 to 1918
Yearly extremes at Nicola Lake: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1918
32.8 C (91.0 F)
24
Coldest night (TNn)
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1909
-29.7 C (-21.5 F)
24
Wettest day (Rx1day)
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1914
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
41
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1888
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
41
Longest dry spell (CDD)
54 days
1912
30 days
41
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Nicola Lake, 1878 to 1918. The record is 37.8 C (100.0 F) in 1918, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.8 C (91.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Nicola Lake by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1878
n/a
1879
n/a
1880
n/a
1881
n/a
1882
n/a
1883
n/a
1884
n/a
1885
n/a
1886
n/a
1887
n/a
1888
n/a
1889
n/a
1890
n/a
1891
n/a
1892
n/a
1893
n/a
1894
n/a
1895
16.1 C (61.0 F)
1896
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1897
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1898
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1899
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1900
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1901
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1902
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1903
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1904
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1905
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1906
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1907
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1908
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1909
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1910
30.6 C (87.1 F)
1911
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1912
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1913
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1914
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1915
36.1 C (97.0 F)
1916
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1917
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1918
37.8 C (100.0 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Nicola Lake, 1878 to 1918. The record is -40.6 C (-41.1 F) in 1909, marked on the chart; the median year is -29.7 C (-21.5 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Nicola Lake by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1878
n/a
1879
n/a
1880
n/a
1881
n/a
1882
n/a
1883
n/a
1884
n/a
1885
n/a
1886
n/a
1887
n/a
1888
n/a
1889
n/a
1890
n/a
1891
n/a
1892
n/a
1893
n/a
1894
n/a
1895
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1896
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1897
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1898
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1899
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1900
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1901
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1902
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1903
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1904
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1905
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1906
-17.8 C (0.0 F)
1907
-37.8 C (-36.0 F)
1908
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1909
-40.6 C (-41.1 F)
1910
-32.2 C (-26.0 F)
1911
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1912
-30.0 C (-22.0 F)
1913
-34.4 C (-29.9 F)
1914
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1915
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1916
-38.3 C (-36.9 F)
1917
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1918
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Nicola Lake, 1878 to 1918. The record is 44.5 mm (1.8 in) in 1914, marked on the chart; the median year is 22.1 mm (0.9 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Nicola Lake by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1878
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1879
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1880
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1881
20.3 mm (0.8 in)
1882
13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1883
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1884
12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1885
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1886
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1887
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1888
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1889
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1890
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1891
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1892
26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1893
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1894
19.3 mm (0.8 in)
1895
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1896
18.0 mm (0.7 in)
1897
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1898
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1899
27.9 mm (1.1 in)
1900
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1901
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1902
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1903
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1904
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1905
15.2 mm (0.6 in)
1906
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1907
22.1 mm (0.9 in)
1908
28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1909
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1910
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
1911
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1912
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1913
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1914
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1915
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1916
14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1917
10.2 mm (0.4 in)
1918
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Nicola Lake, 1878 to 1918. The record is 66.8 mm (2.6 in) in 1888, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.0 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Nicola Lake by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1878
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1879
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1880
41.3 mm (1.6 in)
1881
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1882
26.5 mm (1.0 in)
1883
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1884
22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1885
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1886
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1887
33.5 mm (1.3 in)
1888
66.8 mm (2.6 in)
1889
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1890
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1891
39.2 mm (1.5 in)
1892
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1893
31.7 mm (1.2 in)
1894
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1895
61.4 mm (2.4 in)
1896
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1897
48.1 mm (1.9 in)
1898
34.1 mm (1.3 in)
1899
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1900
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1901
24.1 mm (0.9 in)
1902
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1903
39.6 mm (1.6 in)
1904
28.0 mm (1.1 in)
1905
32.6 mm (1.3 in)
1906
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1907
31.2 mm (1.2 in)
1908
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
1909
28.5 mm (1.1 in)
1910
34.5 mm (1.4 in)
1911
32.7 mm (1.3 in)
1912
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1913
29.5 mm (1.2 in)
1914
52.2 mm (2.1 in)
1915
21.3 mm (0.8 in)
1916
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1917
14.1 mm (0.6 in)
1918
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Nicola Lake, 1878 to 1918. The record is 54 days in 1912, marked on the chart; the median year is 30 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Nicola Lake by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1878
29 days
1879
30 days
1880
20 days
1881
21 days
1882
29 days
1883
26 days
1884
26 days
1885
42 days
1886
30 days
1887
22 days
1888
45 days
1889
36 days
1890
24 days
1891
27 days
1892
28 days
1893
22 days
1894
26 days
1895
32 days
1896
32 days
1897
26 days
1898
28 days
1899
24 days
1900
23 days
1901
37 days
1902
23 days
1903
25 days
1904
33 days
1905
31 days
1906
31 days
1907
31 days
1908
47 days
1909
31 days
1910
20 days
1911
37 days
1912
54 days
1913
33 days
1914
48 days
1915
47 days
1916
31 days
1917
47 days
1918
29 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
20 years with a frost
Across 20 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Nicola Lake falls on 17 May and the median first autumn frost on 20 September, which leaves a median of 125 days between them.
Frost dates and growing season at Nicola Lake
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1896 to 1916)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
17 May
n/a
17 May
n/a
n/a
First autumn frost
20 September
n/a
20 September
n/a
n/a
Growing days
125 days
n/a
125 days
n/a
n/a
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
39 years, 1878 to 1917
A day with at least 21.5 mm (0.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 44.7 mm (1.8 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Nicola Lake: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
21.5 mm (0.8 in)
5 years
28.3 mm (1.1 in)
10 years
32.5 mm (1.3 in)
25 years
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
50 years
41.3 mm (1.6 in)
Longer than the 39 years of record
100 years
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
Longer than the 39 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, 39 years of values from 1878 to 1917.
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 1914; 41.1 mm (1.6 in) in 1888; 34.3 mm (1.4 in) in 1897.
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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.