Photo: WikiPedant · CC BY-SA 4.0Division No. 1, Subdivision E is among the wettest of Canadian towns: 1,748 mm of rain and snow a year
January nights here settle around −8.7°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 98% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in January and the least in June. Garden chairs stay out from July to September, the months with highs of 18–21°C.
These are not Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Whitbourne, 22 km south.
A year in Division No. 1, Subdivision E at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Division No. 1, Subdivision E feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 176 days, 20°C on 52
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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,748 mm a year
The wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. On about 182 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 321 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 91 cm). 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision E
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Whitbourne
Whitbourne is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 22 km south |
| 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 | Dunville/Argentia, 48 km |
How Division No. 1, Subdivision E 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
Places around Division No. 1, Subdivision E whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 25 km from Division No. 1, Subdivision E, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision E Whitbourne | 21.1°C | −8.7°C | 1,748 mm |
| Harbour Grace 25 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C 0.9°C milder | 1,539 mm |
Division No. 1, Subdivision E 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 | 0.3°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 |
March has run from −30.0°C to 19.0°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.4°C around its normal of −4.7°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Whitbourne (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s climate
How warm does Division No. 1, Subdivision E get in summer?
Afternoons average 21.3°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Division No. 1, Subdivision E get in winter?
February nights average −9.4°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 1, Subdivision E get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,748 mm of water a year; January brings the most (192 mm), June the least (100 mm).
Are these figures for Division No. 1, Subdivision E itself?
No, the station behind them is Whitbourne, beyond Division No. 1, Subdivision E’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 1, Subdivision E →
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