Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainDivision No. 1, Subdivision U has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −7.2°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 94% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is December; the driest is June. Plan for rain or snow on about 155 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Division No. 1, Subdivision U has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads St. John's (West), 36 km north, instead.
A year in Division No. 1, Subdivision U at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 1, Subdivision U’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 U feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
154 frost days and 58 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to June; 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
About 1,381 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
363 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 95 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s St. John's (West) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from St. John's (Airport), 48 km away.
Heating a home in Division No. 1, Subdivision U
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year.
Living with Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 9 days in a normal year.
Plan shade and water for about 18 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St. John's (West)
St. John's (West) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 36 km north |
| Station altitude | 114 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | St. John's (Airport), 48 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), 48 km |
How Division No. 1, Subdivision U 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s would only repeat its figures. Division No. 1, Subdivision U has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 31–49 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision U St. John's (West) | 21.3°C | −7.2°C | 1,381 mm |
| Holyrood 31 km · Whitbourne | 21.1°C about the same | −8.7°C 1.5°C colder | 1,748 mm |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 45 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C 0.6°C colder | 1,539 mm |
Division No. 1, Subdivision U 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
Over 1991–2020, February saw both −26.0°C (1994) and 15.3°C (1996), the widest span of any month.
Where Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at St. John's (West) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision U’s climate
How warm does Division No. 1, Subdivision U get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 21.3°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Division No. 1, Subdivision U get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −7.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 1, Subdivision U get?
Some 1,381 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in December (161 mm), the least in June (73 mm).
Are these figures for Division No. 1, Subdivision U itself?
They come from St. John's (West), which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Division No. 1, Subdivision U.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 1, Subdivision U →
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