Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Bay Bulls
In January the night’s low is typically −7.2°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 94% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 29°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Bay Bulls has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads St. John's (West), 22 km north, instead.
A year in Bay Bulls at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bay Bulls’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Bay Bulls feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
154 frost days and 58 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to June, and January freezes nearly every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,381 mm a year
December brings the most rain and snow; June, the least. About 155 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
363 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 95 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
St. John's (West) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from St. John's (Airport), 34 km away.
Heating a home in Bay Bulls
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together.
Living with Bay Bulls’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 9 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
About 18 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Bay Bulls’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St. John's (West)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for St. John's (West) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 22 km north |
| Station altitude | 114 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | St. John's (Airport), 34 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −26.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.8°C |
| Average wind | 15.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | St. John's (Airport), 34 km |
How Bay Bulls compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Bay Bulls’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Bay Bulls with figures are 28–37 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Bulls St. John's (West) | 21.3°C | −7.2°C | 1,381 mm |
| Holyrood 28 km · Whitbourne | 21.1°C about the same | −8.7°C 1.5°C colder | 1,748 mm |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 32 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C 0.6°C colder | 1,539 mm |
Bay Bulls weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C | −7.2°C | −3.6°C | 140 mm | 95 cm |
| February | −0.3°C | −7.7°C | −4.0°C | 131 mm | 77 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −5.2°C | −1.8°C | 129 mm | 62 cm |
| April | 6.3°C | −1.4°C | 2.5°C | 105 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 11.5°C | 2.3°C | 6.9°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 16.4°C | 6.8°C | 11.6°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 21.3°C | 11.7°C | 16.5°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.3°C | 12.6°C | 17.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 9.1°C | 13.3°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.8°C | 4.7°C | 8.2°C | 130 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.0°C | 0.5°C | 3.8°C | 138 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −3.5°C | −0.4°C | 161 mm | 70 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | 1.9°C | 5.8°C | 1,381 mm | 363 cm |
July varies most from one year to the next (2.2°C), September least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than February, between −26.0°C (1994) and 15.3°C (1996).
Where Bay Bulls’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for St. John's (West) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bay Bulls’s climate
How warm does Bay Bulls get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 21.3°C.
How cold does Bay Bulls get in winter?
Lows sink to −7.7°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Bay Bulls get?
The yearly total is about 1,381 mm. December gets 161 mm, the most of any month; June gets 73 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Bay Bulls itself?
No: Bay Bulls has no normals location, so the figures come from St. John's (West), the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bay Bulls →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).