Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainNew-Wes-Valley has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −7.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 92% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 28°C across the year, low to high. The outdoor season, with highs of 20°C, runs through July and August.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Bonavista, 63 km south-east: at that distance its figures describe the region more than New-Wes-Valley itself.
A year in New-Wes-Valley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about New-Wes-Valley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in New-Wes-Valley feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 156 frosts and 44 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,247 mm a year
The most falls in December, the least in June. On about 162 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Gander, 75 km away (Bonavista records no complete year of either).
443 cm of snow in a typical 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 New-Wes-Valley
80% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to June.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with New-Wes-Valley’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 25 days a year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 7 days a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers New-Wes-Valley’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bonavista
ECCC builds the Bonavista normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 63 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 26 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Gander, 75 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −24.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 30.1°C |
| Average wind | 31.5 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Gander, 75 km |
How New-Wes-Valley 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 New-Wes-Valley’s own would show the same figures). New-Wes-Valley has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 26–76 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| New-Wes-Valley Bonavista | 19.7°C | −7.0°C | 1,247 mm |
| Centreville-Wareham-Trinity 26 km · Gander | 21.8°C 2.1°C warmer | −10.4°C 3.4°C colder | 1,247 mm |
| Glovertown 62 km · Lethbridge | 22.6°C 2.9°C warmer | −10.1°C 3.1°C colder | 1,260 mm |
| Division No. 8, Subdivision L 65 km · Twillingate | 19.9°C about the same | −7.7°C 0.7°C colder | 1,247 mm |
New-Wes-Valley weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.8°C | −7.0°C | −4.0°C | 103 mm | 97 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −7.9°C | −4.6°C | 91 mm | 81 cm |
| March | 0.6°C | −5.4°C | −2.4°C | 105 mm | 86 cm |
| April | 4.5°C | −1.6°C | 1.5°C | 92 mm | 46 cm |
| May | 9.2°C | 1.6°C | 5.5°C | 94 mm | 11 cm |
| June | 14.0°C | 5.7°C | 9.9°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| July | 19.7°C | 11.0°C | 15.4°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.1°C | 12.4°C | 16.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.3°C | 9.4°C | 12.9°C | 115 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | 5.2°C | 8.0°C | 120 mm | 12 cm |
| November | 6.3°C | 0.8°C | 3.6°C | 110 mm | 30 cm |
| December | 1.8°C | −3.4°C | −0.8°C | 121 mm | 80 cm |
| Year | 8.4°C | 1.7°C | 5.1°C | 1,247 mm | 443 cm |
The month with the widest range: February, −24.7°C to 11.8°C
July is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.1°C of the normal, 15.4°C. November is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where New-Wes-Valley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Bonavista, 1991–2020.
- 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about New-Wes-Valley’s climate
How warm does New-Wes-Valley get in summer?
Midsummer means August, with afternoons near 20.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does New-Wes-Valley get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to −7.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does New-Wes-Valley 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 New-Wes-Valley itself?
They are the figures for Bonavista, which read better as the region’s climate than New-Wes-Valley’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for New-Wes-Valley →
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).