Hardly any Canadian towns see fresher July days than Wabana
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −7.8°C. December is the wettest month, June the driest. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 98% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 162 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Wabana is St. John's (Airport), 15 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Wabana at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wabana’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Wabana feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
164 frost days and 55 days above 20°C 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
1,539 mm of precipitation in a typical year
5th wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 363 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 95 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wabana
81% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Wabana’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 28 May and returns near 18 October, about 142 days apart.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Count on some 19 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 11 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Wabana’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St. John's (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for St. John's (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 15 km east |
| Station altitude | 141 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −22.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 31.2°C |
| Average wind | 22.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | St. John's (West), 18 km |
How Wabana 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
Places around Wabana whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wabana St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C | −7.8°C | 1,539 mm |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 8.7 km · St. John's (Airport) | 20.9°C about the same | −7.8°C about the same | 1,539 mm |
| Paradise 13 km · St. John's (West) | 21.3°C about the same | −7.2°C 0.6°C milder | 1,381 mm |
Wabana weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.7°C | −7.8°C | −4.2°C | 153 mm | 95 cm |
| February | −1.0°C | −8.4°C | −4.7°C | 123 mm | 77 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −5.7°C | −2.2°C | 140 mm | 62 cm |
| April | 5.6°C | −1.9°C | 1.8°C | 122 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 11.0°C | 1.6°C | 6.3°C | 98 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 15.7°C | 5.9°C | 10.8°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 20.9°C | 11.2°C | 16.0°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 20.8°C | 12.1°C | 16.5°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.0°C | 8.5°C | 12.8°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.2°C | 4.3°C | 7.8°C | 158 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | 0.0°C | 3.4°C | 157 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −4.1°C | −1.0°C | 174 mm | 70 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | 1.3°C | 5.3°C | 1,539 mm | 363 cm |
February has run from −22.4°C to 16.0°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 1.9°C from −4.7°C. August moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Wabana’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for St. John's (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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 (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 Wabana’s climate
How warm does Wabana get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 20.9°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Wabana get in winter?
Expect nights around −8.4°C in February; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Wabana get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,539 mm: 174 mm in December, the wettest month, and 88 mm in June, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 114 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Wabana itself?
No: Wabana has no normals location, so the figures come from St. John's (Airport), the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wabana →
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).