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Salmon Arm.

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Salmon Arm, BC V1E

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Garden tomatoes
Postal areaV1E
RegionBritish Columbia
Climate reference2001–2020

Your seasonal context

Understand the place before the date.

The V1E area uses a representative location near 50.700°, -119.269°. In the nearby historical climate grid, July is the warmest month on average (17.6°C), while December is the coolest (-8.8°C). November has the highest mean daily precipitation (2.33 mm).

Monthly mean temperatures are below freezing in January, February, March, November, December. Outdoor planting during those months needs a separate protected-growing assessment. Use these seasonal differences to frame your questions for a local gardening adviser.

Light at your latitude

At 50.700° N, the length of the day changes independently of temperature. Compare the middle of three seasons when planning your garden.

March 1511.5 hours
June 1516.2 hours
December 157.8 hours

Geometric daylight estimate from latitude and solar declination, rounded to 0.1 hour. This is time above a flat horizon, excluding atmospheric refraction, hills, buildings and cloud cover. It is not the direct-sun exposure of your bed. About solar-position calculations.

Historical monthly climate near V1E · 2001–2020
MonthMean air temperatureMean precipitation / day
January-8.4°C (17°F)2.09 mm
February-7.2°C (19°F)1.51 mm
March-2.1°C (28°F)1.70 mm
April3.4°C (38°F)1.43 mm
May9.5°C (49°F)1.76 mm
June13.3°C (56°F)2.27 mm
July17.6°C (64°F)1.15 mm
August17.3°C (63°F)0.89 mm
September11.7°C (53°F)1.49 mm
October4.1°C (39°F)2.01 mm
November-3.0°C (27°F)2.33 mm
December-8.8°C (16°F)2.10 mm

NASA POWER regional grid, 0.5° latitude × 0.625° longitude. Grid center 50.500°, -119.375°. Monthly mean air temperature is neither a nightly low nor soil temperature. Rainfall averages do not set a watering schedule. Open the climate source.

Compare nearby places

Six nearby postal areas

Explore the closest listed postal areas by straight-line distance between their representative coordinates. A nearby garden may still have different soil, shelter or elevation.

Nearby areas · historical January and July mean air temperature
Postal areaDistanceJanJul
Salmon ArmV1E · this area—-8.4°C17.6°C
Vernon WestBC V1H48.7 km-8.4°C17.6°C
Vernon CentralBC V1T48.9 km-8.4°C17.6°C
Kamloops Central and SoutheastBC V2C60.7 km-8.3°C16.4°C
Kamloops NorthBC V2H63.2 km-8.3°C16.4°C
Kelowna East CentralBC V1X72.0 km-6.9°C17.8°C
Vernon EastBC V1B72.4 km-8.4°C15.2°C

Distances use GeoNames representative postal coordinates, which may be estimated; they are not driving distances. Nearby areas often share one NASA POWER grid cell, so identical climate values are expected. Differences shown here describe the climate grids, not a measured difference between individual gardens.

What this postal area includes

Salmon Arm.

A Canadian forward sortation area is the first three characters of a postal code. It can cover several communities, especially outside cities. The representative coordinates may be estimated. Nearby gardens can differ in elevation, shelter, slope and soil.

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