February 5, 2026
RED FM News Desk
Vancouver is entering the month of February without a single flake of snow officially recorded at the city’s airport weather station, marking a potential historic shift in local climate patterns. If the trend continues through the end of the season, it will be the first time in 43 years—since the winter of 1982-1983—that the city has remained entirely snow-free.
Environment Canada meteorologist Ken Dosanjh noted that while the winter season is not yet over, there is no snow in the immediate forecast for sea-level areas. The lack of accumulation is a stark departure from typical Vancouver winters, where even minor snowfall usually impacts the region’s primary weather station at the airport.
The absence of snow coincides with unseasonably warm temperatures across British Columbia, which have shattered decades-old records. Recently, both Sandspit and Bella Bella recorded highs that surpassed previous peaks set in 1954 and 1998, respectively. The heat has had a visible impact on local recreation; the North Shore mountains remain largely green, and at Grouse Mountain, temperatures reached 12°C on Wednesday, leaving only seven of the resort’s 30-plus ski runs open to the public.
Dosanjh explained that although some “wet snow” was observed in parts of the city in early January, it failed to reach the ground or accumulate at the airport station. Furthermore, a series of atmospheric rivers brought heavy rainfall and elevated freezing levels across the province, effectively melting any snow that had managed to fall in higher elevations. Residents are now looking toward the spring with the growing likelihood that this winter will go down in the record books as one of the warmest and driest on record.
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