Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Spaniard's Bay: 1,748 mm a year
January mornings start at about −8.7°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 98% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 31°C across the year, low to high. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from July to September, with highs of 18–21°C.
Borrowed figures: Spaniard's Bay has no normals station, so these come from Whitbourne, 29 km south-west.
A year in Spaniard's Bay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Spaniard's Bay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Spaniard's Bay feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 176 days, 20°C on 52
From September to June 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
1,748 mm of precipitation in a typical year
January brings the most rain and snow; June, the least. The wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. On about 182 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 321 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 91 cm. 23rd 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 Spaniard's Bay
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Spaniard's Bay’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Spaniard's Bay’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Whitbourne
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Whitbourne.
| Distance from the town | 29 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 58 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St. John's (West), 40 km |
How Spaniard's Bay 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 Spaniard's Bay’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spaniard's Bay Whitbourne | 21.1°C | −8.7°C | 1,748 mm |
| Bay Roberts 3.6 km · Whitbourne | 21.1°C about the same | −8.7°C about the same | 1,748 mm |
| Harbour Grace 8.5 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C 0.9°C milder | 1,539 mm |
Spaniard's Bay 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 | 0.3°C | −8.7°C | −4.2°C | 192 mm | 91 cm |
| February | 0.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.7°C | 158 mm | 83 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.3°C | −1.9°C | 146 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −1.9°C | 2.7°C | 122 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 12.1°C | 1.7°C | 6.9°C | 108 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 16.6°C | 5.7°C | 11.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 21.1°C | 10.5°C | 15.8°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.3°C | 11.7°C | 16.5°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 8.2°C | 13.0°C | 152 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.0°C | 3.8°C | 7.9°C | 174 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.3°C | −0.5°C | 3.4°C | 171 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 2.8°C | −5.2°C | −1.2°C | 179 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | 0.8°C | 5.5°C | 1,748 mm | 321 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −30.0°C to 19.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.4°C around −4.7°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Spaniard's Bay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Whitbourne, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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: 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 Spaniard's Bay’s climate
How warm does Spaniard's Bay get in summer?
In August, the warmest month, the typical high is 21.3°C.
How cold does Spaniard's Bay get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −9.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Spaniard's Bay get?
1,748 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is January (192 mm); the driest, June (100 mm).
Are these figures for Spaniard's Bay itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Whitbourne, outside Spaniard's Bay.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Spaniard's Bay →
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).