Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/72874821@N03/ · CC BY 2.0Fogo Island sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
On a normal January night the air cools to about −7.7°C. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 92% of Canadian towns. Of all months, December brings the most precipitation and June the least. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
Fogo Island has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Twillingate, 45 km west.
A year in Fogo Island at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fogo Island’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Fogo Island feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
169 frost days and 47 days above 20°C 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
About 1,247 mm of rain and snow a year
About 162 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Gander, 89 km away (Twillingate records no complete year of either).
About 443 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to June; January brings the most, about 97 cm. 2nd snowiest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Fogo Island
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 Fogo Island’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →About 30 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 6 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Fogo Island: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Twillingate
Twillingate is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 45 km west |
| Station altitude | 92 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Gander, 89 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, 89 km |
How Fogo Island 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
Places around Fogo Island whose figures come from another normals location. Fogo Island has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 76–104 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fogo Island Twillingate | 19.9°C | −7.7°C | 1,247 mm |
| New-Wes-Valley 76 km · Bonavista | 19.7°C about the same | −7.0°C 0.7°C milder | 1,247 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity 80 km · Gander | 21.8°C 1.9°C warmer | −10.4°C 2.7°C colder | 1,247 mm |
Fogo Island 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 | −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 |
In February, anything from −22.6°C to 12.9°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 1.9°C of its normal of −5.8°C; November keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Fogo Island’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Twillingate, its nearest location with complete 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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Fogo Island’s climate
How warm does Fogo Island get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 19.9°C.
How cold does Fogo Island get in winter?
Deep winter means February, when nights average −8.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Fogo Island get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,247 mm a year; December leads with 121 mm and June trails with 89 mm.
Are these figures for Fogo Island itself?
They come from Twillingate, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Fogo Island.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fogo Island →
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).