Photo: KDBelliveau · CC BY-SA 4.0Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Burin
In January the night’s low is typically −6.9°C. The wettest month is October; the driest is June. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 96% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from July to September, the months with highs of 17–20°C.
These are not Burin’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St. Lawrence, 22 km south-west.
A year in Burin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Burin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Burin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 153 frosts and 35 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, 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 1,505 mm a year
10th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. On about 149 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 173 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 54 cm. 31st snowiest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s St. Lawrence normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Harbour Breton, 67 km away.
Heating a home in Burin
80% 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 Burin’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 9 days a year here.
A humidex above 30 marks about 6 days in a normal year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Burin’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St. Lawrence
ECCC builds the St. Lawrence normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 22 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 49 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Harbour Breton, 67 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −21.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 30.1°C |
| Average wind | 22.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Harbour Breton, 67 km |
How Burin 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 Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Burin’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Burin with figures are 67–118 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burin St. Lawrence | 18.8°C | −6.9°C | 1,505 mm |
| Harbour Breton 67 km · Harbour Breton | 17.3°C 1.5°C cooler | −7.1°C about the same | 1,486 mm |
| Placentia 94 km · Dunville/Argentia | 17.4°C 1.4°C cooler | −5.6°C 1.3°C milder | 1,133 mm |
Burin 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 | 0.1°C | −6.9°C | −3.4°C | 131 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −0.4°C | −7.4°C | −3.9°C | 112 mm | 40 cm |
| March | 1.7°C | −5.2°C | −1.8°C | 117 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −1.5°C | 2.3°C | 104 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 10.9°C | 2.2°C | 6.6°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 14.9°C | 6.3°C | 10.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 18.8°C | 11.1°C | 15.0°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.1°C | 12.4°C | 16.2°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.2°C | 8.9°C | 13.1°C | 132 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.1°C | 4.5°C | 8.3°C | 162 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.5°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 153 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 2.9°C | −3.5°C | −0.3°C | 158 mm | 39 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | 1.8°C | 5.6°C | 1,505 mm | 173 cm |
From −10.7°C to 27.8°C: June’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 1.8°C around −3.9°C) and August least (1.0°C).
Where Burin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for St. Lawrence, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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 Burin’s climate
How warm does Burin get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 20.1°C.
How cold does Burin get in winter?
Lows sink to −7.4°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Burin get?
Around 1,505 mm a year in all, from 162 mm in October down to 103 mm in June.
Are these figures for Burin itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for St. Lawrence, since Burin has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Burin →
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).