Photo: Dan Fleet at English Wikipedia · Public domainWabush sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 19.6°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than almost every Canadian town. Winter and summer sit 47°C apart. The furnace earns its keep from September to May, the months that average under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Wabush station, 3.5 km north.
A year in Wabush at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wabush’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador beside it.
What a year in Wabush feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
231 frost days and 37 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 87 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
860 mm of precipitation in a typical year
August brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 32nd wettest of 33 towns of 2,500+ in Newfoundland and Labrador. About 144 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 459 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from September to June, with about 80 cm in November, the snowiest month. The snowiest of 32 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 Wabush
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Wabush’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 7 June to about 13 September, some 97 days in a normal year.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 118 days in a normal year.
About 2 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Wabush’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Wabush
ECCC builds the Wabush normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 3.5 km north |
| Station altitude | 551 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.6°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Churchill Falls, 199 km |
How Wabush 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.
Wabush 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 | −16.2°C | −27.1°C | −21.7°C | 49 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −14.3°C | −26.9°C | −20.6°C | 38 mm | 57 cm |
| March | −6.8°C | −20.5°C | −13.7°C | 52 mm | 71 cm |
| April | 1.3°C | −10.2°C | −4.5°C | 48 mm | 48 cm |
| May | 9.8°C | −1.6°C | 4.1°C | 55 mm | 14 cm |
| June | 16.7°C | 4.7°C | 10.7°C | 89 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 19.6°C | 8.5°C | 14.1°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 18.2°C | 7.9°C | 13.1°C | 120 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 12.4°C | 3.2°C | 7.8°C | 91 mm | 3 cm |
| October | 4.5°C | −2.4°C | 1.0°C | 81 mm | 39 cm |
| November | −3.7°C | −11.3°C | −7.5°C | 72 mm | 80 cm |
| December | −11.1°C | −20.7°C | −15.9°C | 53 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 2.5°C | −8.0°C | −2.8°C | 860 mm | 459 cm |
March: −41.6°C at its coldest, 14.7°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 3.7°C around its normal of −20.6°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 0.9°C.
Where Wabush’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Wabush: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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, 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 Wabush’s climate
How warm does Wabush get in summer?
Highs reach 19.6°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Wabush get in winter?
January nights average −27.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Wabush get?
Some 860 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in August (120 mm), the least in February (38 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 201 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Wabush itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in Wabush.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wabush →
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).