Climate Related Monitoring Program
Last updated on March 30, 2026On this page
About the program
The Climate Related Monitoring Program (CRMP) is a professional network of governments and other agencies in B.C. that works together to monitor weather patterns for public safety. Hydrometeorological data and and operations are shared according to the province's Amended and Restated Agreement on Management of Hydrometeorological Networks (PDF, 821KB).
Climate data resulting from this collaboration may be accessed at the Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium’s (PCIC) website, which also contains near real-time and historic weather time series data.
Data collected by federal, provincial, and other monitoring programs is contained in PCIC’s Pacific Climate Data Set dating back to the 1890s. Near real-time qualified data is usually made available through agency supported websites.
In addition, uniformly qualified real-time data is available from provincial agencies, Rio Tinto, and BC Hydro through Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Datamart and GEOMet portals.
Station information
The CRMP tracks the network of weather observation stations currently operating in B.C.
Efforts are made to keep the information current. However, stations operated by non-CRMP agencies are not always included. Users are encouraged to communicate with local agencies to gain access to additional local data and site information.
Information about the networks and monitoring locations is accessible through the BC Data Catalogue and iMapBC.
When seeking information through iMapBC, search for active and inactive meteorological stations.
Projects underway or completed with CRMP participation include:
- Implementation of national standards as operating principles in B.C.
- Decreasing gaps in provincial monitoring by supporting existing stations already in place
- Improving access to data
- Increasing data quality and transparency
- Ministry of Agriculture and Foods
- Ministry of Environment and Parks
- Automated Snow Weather Station Network
- Air Quality Network
- Ministry of Forests
- BC Wildfire Service
- Forest Ecosystems Research Networks, including partnerships with:
- The 3Nations
- Cariboo Alpine Monitoring (at UNBC), and
- Hydrology Monitoring Networks (at VIU)
- Ministry of Transportation and Transit
- Environment and Climate Change Canada
- BC Hydro
- Capital Regional District
- Metro Vancouver Regional District, including:
- Water Services, and
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Rio Tinto
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