Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Bay Roberts: 1,748 mm a year
Nights in January average −8.7°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 31°C apart. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 98% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 176 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Bay Roberts is Whitbourne, 27 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Bay Roberts at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bay Roberts’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 Roberts feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 176 frosts and 52 warm days a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,748 mm of rain and snow a year
January brings the most rain and snow; June, the least. The wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. About 182 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 321 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 91 cm in January, the snowiest month. 23rd snowiest of 31 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Bay Roberts
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Bay Roberts’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Bay Roberts’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Whitbourne
Whitbourne is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 27 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 58 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St. John's (West), 38 km |
How Bay Roberts 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
Places around Bay Roberts whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Roberts Whitbourne | 21.1°C | −8.7°C | 1,748 mm |
| Spaniard's Bay 3.6 km · Whitbourne | 21.1°C about the same | −8.7°C about the same | 1,748 mm |
| Harbour Grace 11 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C 0.9°C milder | 1,539 mm |
Bay Roberts weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.3°C | −8.7°C | −4.2°C | 192 mm | 91 cm |
| February | 0.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.7°C | 158 mm | 83 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.3°C | −1.9°C | 146 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −1.9°C | 2.7°C | 122 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 12.1°C | 1.7°C | 6.9°C | 108 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 16.6°C | 5.7°C | 11.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 21.1°C | 10.5°C | 15.8°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.3°C | 11.7°C | 16.5°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 8.2°C | 13.0°C | 152 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.0°C | 3.8°C | 7.9°C | 174 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.3°C | −0.5°C | 3.4°C | 171 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 2.8°C | −5.2°C | −1.2°C | 179 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | 0.8°C | 5.5°C | 1,748 mm | 321 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 2.4°C; the steadiest, August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −30.0°C (2014) to 19.0°C (1999).
Where Bay Roberts’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Whitbourne, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bay Roberts’s climate
How warm does Bay Roberts get in summer?
Expect highs near 21.3°C in August, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Bay Roberts get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −9.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Bay Roberts get?
Some 1,748 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in January (192 mm), the least in June (100 mm).
Are these figures for Bay Roberts itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Whitbourne, not in Bay Roberts; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bay Roberts →
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).