Photo: James Cullin · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Twillingate
Deep winter brings January lows near −7.7°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 92% of Canadian towns. Rain and snow are spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, December, gets little more than the driest, June. Expect about 169 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Twillingate station, 4.6 km north-west.
A year in Twillingate at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Twillingate’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Twillingate feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 169 frosts and 47 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes.
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
Some 162 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Twillingate normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Gander here, 79 km away.
About 443 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to June, most of all in January (about 97 cm). 2nd snowiest of 32 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Twillingate
80% 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. Homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Twillingate’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 30 days with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 6 days a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Twillingate’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Twillingate
Twillingate is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 4.6 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 92 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Gander, 79 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.7°C |
| Average wind | 25.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | La Scie, 72 km |
How Twillingate 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 Twillingate whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Twillingate with figures are 51–78 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twillingate | 19.9°C | −7.7°C | 1,247 mm |
| Lewisporte 51 km · Gander | 21.8°C 1.9°C warmer | −10.4°C 2.7°C colder | 1,247 mm |
| Botwood 72 km · Badger | 24.1°C 4.2°C warmer | −13.9°C 6.2°C colder | 1,247 mm |
Twillingate weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.3°C | −7.7°C | −5.0°C | 103 mm | 97 cm |
| February | −2.8°C | −8.7°C | −5.8°C | 91 mm | 81 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −6.3°C | −3.5°C | 105 mm | 86 cm |
| April | 3.9°C | −2.1°C | 1.0°C | 92 mm | 46 cm |
| May | 8.7°C | 1.5°C | 5.3°C | 94 mm | 11 cm |
| June | 14.3°C | 6.1°C | 10.2°C | 89 mm | 2 cm |
| July | 19.9°C | 11.5°C | 15.8°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 19.5°C | 12.4°C | 16.0°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 15.5°C | 9.0°C | 12.2°C | 115 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.3°C | 4.4°C | 6.9°C | 120 mm | 12 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | 0.0°C | 2.4°C | 110 mm | 30 cm |
| December | 0.2°C | −4.3°C | −2.1°C | 121 mm | 80 cm |
| Year | 7.5°C | 1.3°C | 4.5°C | 1,247 mm | 443 cm |
In February, anything from −22.6°C to 12.9°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 (±1.9°C around −5.8°C), November the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Twillingate’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Twillingate (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Twillingate’s climate
How warm does Twillingate get in summer?
Expect highs near 19.9°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Twillingate get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −8.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Twillingate get?
Count on roughly 1,247 mm a year, heaviest in December (121 mm) and lightest in June (89 mm).
Are these figures for Twillingate itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Twillingate, just outside Twillingate’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Twillingate →
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).