Wet weather: 1,293 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Massey Drive, more than on 93% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 22.8°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 34°C apart. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 93% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to May, when means dip under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Massey Drive has no normals station, so these come from Corner Brook, 1.9 km west.
A year in Massey Drive at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Massey Drive’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Massey Drive feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
171 frost days and 72 days above 20°C 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
About 1,293 mm of rain and snow a year
January brings the most rain and snow; April, the least. On about 171 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
408 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 99 cm). 9th 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 Massey Drive
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Massey Drive’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, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 24 days in a normal year.
On some 13 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Massey Drive’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Corner Brook
Corner Brook is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 1.9 km west |
| Station altitude | 152 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.3°C |
| Average wind | 10.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Deer Lake, 48 km |
How Massey Drive 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
Places around Massey Drive whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 43–72 km from Massey Drive.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massey Drive Corner Brook | 22.8°C | −9.9°C | 1,293 mm |
| Deer Lake 43 km · Deer Lake | 22.9°C about the same | −12.7°C 2.8°C colder | 1,146 mm |
| Stephenville Crossing 62 km · Stephenville | 20.3°C 2.5°C cooler | −9.0°C 0.9°C milder | 1,316 mm |
Massey Drive 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 | −2.6°C | −9.9°C | −6.2°C | 140 mm | 99 cm |
| February | −2.5°C | −10.7°C | −6.6°C | 118 mm | 93 cm |
| March | 0.9°C | −8.1°C | −3.6°C | 101 mm | 59 cm |
| April | 6.2°C | −2.6°C | 1.8°C | 79 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 12.6°C | 2.1°C | 7.4°C | 85 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 18.3°C | 7.6°C | 13.0°C | 81 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 22.8°C | 12.4°C | 17.6°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.4°C | 12.5°C | 17.5°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 8.3°C | 13.0°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | 3.2°C | 7.1°C | 119 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 5.1°C | −1.2°C | 2.0°C | 127 mm | 34 cm |
| December | 0.3°C | −5.7°C | −2.7°C | 136 mm | 84 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | 0.7°C | 5.0°C | 1,293 mm | 408 cm |
A March here can run from −26.2°C to 19.9°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.3°C of its normal of −6.6°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Massey Drive’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Corner Brook: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Massey Drive’s climate
How warm does Massey Drive get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.8°C.
How cold does Massey Drive get in winter?
Expect nights around −10.7°C in February; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Massey Drive get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,293 mm; the range runs from 79 mm in April to 140 mm in January.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 133 days a year.
Are these figures for Massey Drive itself?
No: Massey Drive has no normals location, so the figures come from Corner Brook, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Massey Drive →
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).