Photo: Ryan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0Springdale has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −12.5°C. About 204 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 95% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 35°C apart. Expect about 204 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
No ECCC station in Springdale has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Middle Arm, 20 km north, instead.
A year in Springdale at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Springdale’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Springdale feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 204 frosts and 59 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 7 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,215 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; March, the least. 28th wettest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. Some 143 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 345 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to June; February brings the most, about 84 cm. 22nd 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 Springdale
82% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Homes here need more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Springdale’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 15 June and the first autumn frost around 25 September: about 102 frost-free days between.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Springdale’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Middle Arm
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Middle Arm.
| Distance from the town | 20 km north |
| Station altitude | 48 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | La Scie, 55 km |
How Springdale 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Springdale’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Springdale with figures are 65–79 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale Middle Arm | 21.5°C | −12.5°C | 1,215 mm |
| Botwood 65 km · Badger | 24.1°C 2.6°C warmer | −13.9°C 1.4°C colder | 1,247 mm |
| Lewisporte 79 km · Gander | 21.8°C about the same | −10.4°C 2.1°C milder | 1,247 mm |
Springdale weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.5°C | −12.5°C | −7.5°C | 96 mm | 76 cm |
| February | −2.5°C | −12.8°C | −7.7°C | 94 mm | 84 cm |
| March | 0.9°C | −9.2°C | −4.2°C | 76 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 5.7°C | −3.9°C | 0.9°C | 80 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 11.3°C | 0.2°C | 5.7°C | 96 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 16.5°C | 4.9°C | 10.7°C | 101 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 21.5°C | 9.8°C | 15.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.7°C | 10.5°C | 16.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.3°C | 6.3°C | 11.8°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.9°C | 1.4°C | 6.1°C | 124 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 5.3°C | −3.1°C | 1.1°C | 113 mm | 23 cm |
| December | 0.3°C | −8.2°C | −3.9°C | 105 mm | 61 cm |
| Year | 8.9°C | −1.4°C | 3.7°C | 1,215 mm | 345 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.5°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; January’s run from −26.5°C in 2014 to 15.0°C in 2006.
Where Springdale’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Middle Arm, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Springdale’s climate
How warm does Springdale get in summer?
At its warmest, in August, the normal high is 21.7°C.
How cold does Springdale get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to −12.8°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Springdale get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,215 mm: 124 mm in October, the wettest month, and 76 mm in March, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 129 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Springdale itself?
They come from Middle Arm, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Springdale.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Springdale →
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).