{"id":483654,"date":"2026-02-18T19:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483654\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:35:14","slug":"vancouver-finally-sees-dusting-of-snow-as-freezing-temperatures-linger-in-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/483654\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver finally sees dusting of snow as freezing temperatures linger in forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/news\/category\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">weather<\/a> forecast for Vancouver continues to be a mixed bag this week, with parts of the city finally experiencing some snow on a chilly Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is calling for overnight temperatures to drop below freezing for the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>And daytime conditions were perfect for a dusting of snow in Vancouver on Feb. 18, which delighted and shocked local residents.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Well, looks like this won\u2019t be Vancouver\u2019s first snow-less winter in 43 years after all! \u2744\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/50jhOFPt6V\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/50jhOFPt6V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jarryd J\u00e4ger (@JarrydJaeger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JarrydJaeger\/status\/2024178554175705413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe in snow, but here it is, Vancouver,\u201d said one person on social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome light snow falling in the western areas of Greater Vancouver,\u201d added another.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vancouvers first snow fall of the winter. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vancouver?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Vancouver<\/a> \ud83c\udf28 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/thoSv5XQPj\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/thoSv5XQPj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jaxson, Jasmin, Mila, Sam, Stout, Kevin, Ezra \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@brendanpgraber) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brendanpgraber\/status\/2024175431226937828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The snow may not last for long, as ECCC is forecasting a clearing in the weather starting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Overnight temperatures will drop to 5\u00b0C on Thursday, before rain and warmer weather return on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Vancouver snow\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"404\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2244954\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Vancouver-snow-2-1024x404.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2244954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ECCC<\/p>\n<p>The weekend is bringing temperatures as high as 10\u00b0C, along with a 40 per cent chance of showers.<\/p>\n<p>And you\u2019ll want to keep your umbrellas handy as showers and periods of rain continue into next week.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for some ideas on how to escape the rain and cold this week, check out our list of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/vancouver-events-february-16-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">20 fun things to do in Vancouver<\/a> from Monday, Feb. 9 to Sunday, Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>From a Spring Festival Parade to Cardi B and Just For Laughs, there\u2019s lots for everyone to enjoy around the city.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weather forecast for Vancouver continues to be a mixed bag this week, with parts of the city&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-483654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}