Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Division No. 8, Subdivision H
Deep winter brings January lows near −7.7°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 92% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 29°C. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Division No. 8, Subdivision H has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Twillingate, 14 km north-west, instead.
A year in Division No. 8, Subdivision H at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Division No. 8, Subdivision H’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. 8, Subdivision H feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 169 frosts and 47 warm days a year
From October to May 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
1,247 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in December, the least in June. Some 162 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Gander, 70 km away (Twillingate records no complete year of either).
About 443 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to June, with about 97 cm in January, the snowiest month. 2nd snowiest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Division No. 8, Subdivision H
80% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 30 days in a normal year.
About 6 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Twillingate
Twillingate is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 92 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Gander, 70 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.7°C |
| Average wind | 25.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Gander, 70 km |
How Division No. 8, Subdivision H compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 45–68 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Division No. 8, Subdivision H.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Division No. 8, Subdivision H Twillingate | 19.9°C | −7.7°C | 1,247 mm |
| Lewisporte 45 km · Gander | 21.8°C 1.9°C warmer | −10.4°C 2.7°C colder | 1,247 mm |
| Botwood 68 km · Badger | 24.1°C 4.2°C warmer | −13.9°C 6.2°C colder | 1,247 mm |
Division No. 8, Subdivision H weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.3°C | −7.7°C | −5.0°C | 103 mm | 97 cm |
| February | −2.8°C | −8.7°C | −5.8°C | 91 mm | 81 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −6.3°C | −3.5°C | 105 mm | 86 cm |
| April | 3.9°C | −2.1°C | 1.0°C | 92 mm | 46 cm |
| May | 8.7°C | 1.5°C | 5.3°C | 94 mm | 11 cm |
| June | 14.3°C | 6.1°C | 10.2°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| July | 19.9°C | 11.5°C | 15.8°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 19.5°C | 12.4°C | 16.0°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.5°C | 9.0°C | 12.2°C | 115 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.3°C | 4.4°C | 6.9°C | 120 mm | 12 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | 0.0°C | 2.4°C | 110 mm | 30 cm |
| December | 0.2°C | −4.3°C | −2.1°C | 121 mm | 80 cm |
| Year | 7.5°C | 1.3°C | 4.5°C | 1,247 mm | 443 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (1.9°C), November least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than February, between −22.6°C (1993) and 12.9°C (1996).
Where Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Twillingate, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Division No. 8, Subdivision H’s climate
How warm does Division No. 8, Subdivision H get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 19.9°C.
How cold does Division No. 8, Subdivision H get in winter?
Of all twelve months, February has the coldest nights, about −8.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Division No. 8, Subdivision H get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,247 mm of water a year; December brings the most (121 mm), June the least (89 mm).
Are these figures for Division No. 8, Subdivision H itself?
Not directly: Division No. 8, Subdivision H has no ECCC normals of its own, and Twillingate stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Division No. 8, Subdivision H →
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).