Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Division No. 1, Subdivision Y: 1,748 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 21.1°C. Winter and summer sit 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.
Borrowed figures: Division No. 1, Subdivision Y has no normals station, so these come from Whitbourne, 8.9 km south.
A year in Division No. 1, Subdivision Y at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’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 Y feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
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
January brings the most rain and snow; June, the least. The wettest of 33 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
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 91 cm. 23rd snowiest of 32 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 Y
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Whitbourne
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Whitbourne, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 8.9 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, 38 km |
How Division No. 1, Subdivision Y 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s own would show the same figures). Division No. 1, Subdivision Y has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 33–42 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 1, Subdivision Y Whitbourne | 21.1°C | −8.7°C | 1,748 mm |
| Harbour Grace 33 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C 0.9°C milder | 1,539 mm |
| Placentia 40 km · Dunville/Argentia | 17.4°C 3.7°C cooler | −5.6°C 3.1°C milder | 1,133 mm |
Division No. 1, Subdivision Y 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 |
In March, anything from −30.0°C to 19.0°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.4°C of its normal of −4.7°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Whitbourne, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Division No. 1, Subdivision Y’s climate
How warm does Division No. 1, Subdivision Y get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 21.3°C.
How cold does Division No. 1, Subdivision Y get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −9.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 1, Subdivision Y get?
1,748 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is January (192 mm); the driest, June (100 mm).
Are these figures for Division No. 1, Subdivision Y itself?
They are borrowed from Whitbourne, the nearest place to Division No. 1, Subdivision Y where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 1, Subdivision Y →
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).