Weather in Victoria
 

My fiance and I will be flying into Seattle and making a trip to Victoria early next year. We are from Texas and do not want to drive in heavy snow (we may case harm). :) However, we would like to see "some" snow if at all possible. When does it snow in Victoria?? When would be our best time to go?? January, February, or March?? Thank you for any advice you can give on the weather in these months!!

It rarely snows in Victoria. Frost or ice on roads might be your biggest worry, particularly if you plan to drive up island. I would pick March because more blossoms should be out.

We were in Victoria last March for 2 weeks, arriving on the 17th. It was warm and the flowers were all in bloom. Having said that - my sweetie's parents live there and his mom says her garden gets going in February. They figure that's when spring really starts.

Meesthare,
Doesn't it? :-)

Oooh - not here, it doesn't! We got a letter from my sweetie's mom in late February talking about her garden; we wrote back and told her that ours, such as it was, was still under a foot of snow!
Ah, well, never mind. We're moving out there in 11 more months and then we, too, can enjoy springtime in February. :) :) :)

You have to throw away your Canada = snow preconceptions when thinking about Victoria. :) Victoria experiences the earliest spring in all of Canada because it's on the Pacific coast. I have photos from February 2nd, 2003 where all the cherry and plum blossoms were in bloom on the city residential streets. Victoria, as well as the "Pacific Northwest" in general (ie: Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland) don't experience much snow in the winter. Sometimes it never snows in the winter, and when it does, it melts the next day. This area is rainy in the winter though, so expect some grey, rainy skies.

Here's the link to that photo I took in February in Victoria: http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/1b080/dc7d4/

Hope this helps! :)

The other posters are right about the weather. The Pacific Northwest (at least the area west of the Cascades) tends to have remarkably mild winters - especially considering how far north you are. Personally, I consider January to be the only real winter month here in Seattle - and even then it's USUALLY not that severe.

If you want to see snow, while you are in Seattle, take some time and drive up to Snoqualmie Pass. Plenty of snow up there and only an hour or so away if the roads are OK. Stop at Snoqualmie Falls either on the way there or back. The Falls are likely to be fairly impressive that time of year.

Ken