January in North Norfolk bites harder than in 86% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.4°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 76% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 184 days a year at 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for North Norfolk itself; the figures are those of Portage Southport, 37 km east.
A year in North Norfolk at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about North Norfolk’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba beside it.
What a year in North Norfolk feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 184 frosts and 105 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 42 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 493 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 82 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
137 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 34 cm. 9th snowiest of 187 towns of 2,500+ in Manitoba.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Cypress River, 51 km away (Portage Southport records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in North Norfolk
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. That means homes here need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with North Norfolk’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 19 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 28 September, leaving roughly 130 days without frost.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 77 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 38 days a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on North Norfolk’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Portage Southport
ECCC builds the Portage Southport normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 37 km east |
| Station altitude | 270 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Cypress River, 51 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 13.7 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Cypress River, 51 km |
How North Norfolk compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Manitoba.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share North Norfolk’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to North Norfolk with figures is 38 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Norfolk Portage Southport | 25.4°C | −19.1°C | 493 mm |
| Norfolk-Treherne 38 km · Cypress River | 25.9°C 0.5°C warmer | −20.1°C 1.0°C colder | 517 mm |
North Norfolk weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.0°C | −19.1°C | −14.6°C | 18 mm | 23 cm |
| February | −7.7°C | −17.4°C | −12.6°C | 17 mm | 18 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −10.2°C | −5.5°C | 30 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 9.7°C | −1.9°C | 4.0°C | 37 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 5.1°C | 11.3°C | 65 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.4°C | 16.9°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 14.2°C | 19.8°C | 62 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.6°C | 18.7°C | 51 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 48 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | 0.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 0.3°C | −8.1°C | −3.9°C | 25 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −7.3°C | −15.7°C | −11.5°C | 20 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −1.7°C | 3.5°C | 493 mm | 137 cm |
Two years in three, December’s average lands within 4.1°C of normal, against the steadier July
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −34.0°C (2003) and 24.6°C (2012).
Where North Norfolk’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Portage Southport, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about North Norfolk’s climate
How warm does North Norfolk get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.4°C on a typical day.
How cold does North Norfolk get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −19.1°C.
How much rain and snow does North Norfolk get?
A normal year brings 493 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 80 mm, February driest at 17 mm.
Are these figures for North Norfolk itself?
No, they come from Portage Southport; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in North Norfolk itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for North Norfolk →
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