Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Channel-Port aux Basques
January mornings start at about −7.6°C. Seasons differ by 28°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 93% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 174 times a year.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Port Aux Basques, 1.2 km south.
A year in Channel-Port aux Basques at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Channel-Port aux Basques’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Channel-Port aux Basques feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 154 frosts and 20 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,316 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in September, the least in April.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Stephenville, 115 km away (Port Aux Basques records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Channel-Port aux Basques
80% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Channel-Port aux Basques’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 20 days with a wind chill below −20.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Channel-Port aux Basques’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Port Aux Basques
Port Aux Basques is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 1.2 km south |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Stephenville, 115 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −24.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 26.8°C |
| Average wind | 25.4 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | St. Paul Island, 84 km |
How Channel-Port aux Basques 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 Channel-Port aux Basques’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 75–115 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Channel-Port aux Basques.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channel-Port aux Basques Port Aux Basques | 17.6°C | −7.6°C | 1,316 mm |
| Division No. 4, Subdivision B 75 km · Stephenville | 20.3°C 2.7°C warmer | −9.0°C 1.4°C colder | 1,316 mm |
| Burgeo 115 km · Burgeo | 17.3°C about the same | −7.8°C about the same | 1,316 mm |
Channel-Port aux Basques weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.5°C | −7.6°C | −4.6°C | 121 mm |
| February | −2.1°C | −8.5°C | −5.3°C | 107 mm |
| March | 0.1°C | −5.9°C | −2.9°C | 89 mm |
| April | 4.1°C | −1.6°C | 1.2°C | 78 mm |
| May | 9.2°C | 2.5°C | 5.9°C | 100 mm |
| June | 13.3°C | 6.7°C | 10.0°C | 93 mm |
| July | 17.6°C | 11.5°C | 14.6°C | 115 mm |
| August | 19.5°C | 13.0°C | 16.2°C | 117 mm |
| September | 15.8°C | 9.1°C | 12.5°C | 131 mm |
| October | 10.9°C | 4.9°C | 7.9°C | 130 mm |
| November | 6.1°C | 0.7°C | 3.4°C | 119 mm |
| December | 1.8°C | −3.4°C | −0.8°C | 117 mm |
| Year | 7.9°C | 1.8°C | 4.8°C | 1,316 mm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.1°C; the steadiest month is June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than February, between −24.0°C (1994) and 10.4°C (2000).
Where Channel-Port aux Basques’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Port Aux Basques, 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 Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Channel-Port aux Basques’s climate
How warm does Channel-Port aux Basques get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 19.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Channel-Port aux Basques get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −8.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Channel-Port aux Basques get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,316 mm of water a year; September brings the most (131 mm), April the least (78 mm).
Are these figures for Channel-Port aux Basques itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Port Aux Basques, a location inside Channel-Port aux Basques.
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