Snow day predictor for Kamloops
Kamloops forecast point: 37.7 cm of snow a year and a January mean of -2°C in ERA5, 2014–2023.
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Kamloops, British Columbia
Updated Nov 4, 2026, 8:18 p.m.. Matched Kamloops. Lower snow tolerance (snow points × 1.25). Standard cold sensitivity.
The morning decision window has passed in this time zone. Tomorrow is the score to watch.
School is probably on
Pack your bag. This forecast does not suggest a closure.
Buses: 0% chance of a cancellation or delay. Higher confidence.
Biggest factor: nothing strong in the overnight window.
What should I do? Pack the school bag. Still check your board in the morning in case the buses are cancelled.
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Weather data: Open-Meteo. Postal codes use GeoNames forward-sortation centroids (CC BY 4.0); an unknown area falls back to OpenStreetMap Nominatim. This is an estimate, not a school-board announcement. Estimate only. Check your board.
Will school be closed tomorrow?
Votes on this Kamloops page. One vote per device today. This is not a board decision.
- 0 · 0%No chance
- 0 · 0%Maybe
- 0 · 0%For sure
0 votes today.
Kamloops is an interior dry point. December is the largest snow month at 11.6 cm, and the year totals 37.7 cm. January averages -2°C. The valley is not the Coast Mountains and not the wet coast. Whistler averages 176.9 cm a year in the same ERA5 run.
November through March accounts for 37.3 cm of the 37.7 cm annual average at this point. Our model preload for this page is lower snow tolerance and standard cold sensitivity. That setting is editorial. It is not a threshold published by a school board. The live score uses the hourly forecast, not the ten-year average. There is no centimetre rule on this page for closing schools in Kamloops.
Snowfall at this forecast point
Open-Meteo ERA5, 2014–2023, at 50.67°N, 120.33°W. Annual snowfall averages 37.7 cm. January mean temperature is -2°C. The largest month is December at 11.6 cm. This is a reanalysis at our point, not an Environment and Climate Change Canada station normal, and it is not a closure rule. Source: Open-Meteo.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.9 | 8.8 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 11.6 |
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How much snow does the Kamloops forecast point record?
Open-Meteo’s ERA5 archive for 1 January 2014 through 31 December 2023 averages 37.7 cm of snow a year at 50.67°N, 120.33°W. The largest month in that average is December at 11.6 cm. This is a reanalysis at our forecast point, not an Environment and Climate Change Canada station normal, and it is not a closure threshold.
How cold is January at the Kamloops forecast point?
The same ERA5 run puts the January mean temperature at -2°C. Our model preload for this page is lower snow tolerance and standard cold sensitivity. That setting is editorial. It is not a threshold published by a school board. Cold on a dry morning is a different factor from snow, and the hourly forecast, not this average, is what the live score uses.
How does Kamloops compare with a nearby forecast point?
Whistler, the nearest other point we publish, averages 176.9 cm a year and -0.5°C in January under the same ERA5 run.
Who decides whether schools close in Kamloops?
This site does not have a school-board page that we have checked for Kamloops. Closures are a local decision. Use the school’s own site. The percentage on this page is a weather estimate only.