Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Wet weather: 1,293 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Pasadena, more than on 93% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −9.9°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 34°C. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 93% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Pasadena has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Corner Brook, 26 km west, instead.
A year in Pasadena at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pasadena’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Pasadena feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 171 days, 20°C on 72
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly 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. Some 171 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
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 31 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 Pasadena
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year.
Living with Pasadena’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 24 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Expect around 13 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Pasadena’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 | 26 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, 27 km |
How Pasadena compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Pasadena’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 22–93 km from Pasadena.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena Corner Brook | 22.8°C | −9.9°C | 1,293 mm |
| Deer Lake 22 km · Deer Lake | 22.9°C about the same | −12.7°C 2.8°C colder | 1,146 mm |
| Stephenville Crossing 83 km · Stephenville | 20.3°C 2.5°C cooler | −9.0°C 0.9°C milder | 1,316 mm |
Pasadena 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 February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.3°C; the steadiest month is August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −26.2°C (1997) to 19.9°C (1999).
Where Pasadena’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Corner Brook, its nearest location with complete 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 (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 Pasadena’s climate
How warm does Pasadena get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 22.8°C.
How cold does Pasadena get in winter?
February nights average −10.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Pasadena get?
Around 1,293 mm a year in all, from 140 mm in January down to 79 mm in April.
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 Pasadena itself?
Not as such: Corner Brook is the nearest normals location, and Pasadena has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pasadena →
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).