Photo: Hans-Jürgen Hübner · CC BY 3.0Assiginack sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
Nights in January average −12.9°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 35°C apart. Only about 144 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 71% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are not Assiginack’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Killarney, 36 km north-east.
A year in Assiginack at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Assiginack’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Assiginack feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on about 144 days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 11 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
912 mm of precipitation in a typical year
September brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 122 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Killarney publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Sudbury, 126 km away.
Living with Assiginack’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 40 days in a normal year.
About 8 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Assiginack: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Killarney
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Killarney.
| Distance from the town | 36 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 196 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sudbury, 126 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.1°C |
| Average wind | 15.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Gore Bay, 60 km |
How Assiginack compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Assiginack whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Assiginack with figures are 29–99 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assiginack Killarney | 22.4°C | −12.9°C | 912 mm |
| Central Manitoulin 29 km · Gore Bay | 24.4°C 2.0°C warmer | −13.6°C 0.7°C colder | 1,074 mm |
| Northern Bruce Peninsula 88 km · Wiarton | 24.3°C 1.9°C warmer | −9.9°C 3.0°C milder | 1,074 mm |
Assiginack weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.8°C | −12.9°C | −8.8°C | 67 mm |
| February | −3.8°C | −12.3°C | −8.1°C | 51 mm |
| March | 0.7°C | −7.0°C | −3.2°C | 58 mm |
| April | 7.0°C | 0.1°C | 3.6°C | 68 mm |
| May | 13.8°C | 6.8°C | 10.3°C | 79 mm |
| June | 19.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.0°C | 77 mm |
| July | 22.4°C | 16.1°C | 19.2°C | 84 mm |
| August | 21.6°C | 15.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 mm |
| September | 18.1°C | 12.0°C | 15.0°C | 103 mm |
| October | 11.4°C | 5.5°C | 8.5°C | 94 mm |
| November | 5.2°C | −0.8°C | 2.3°C | 75 mm |
| December | −0.9°C | −7.7°C | −4.3°C | 66 mm |
| Year | 9.2°C | 2.3°C | 5.8°C | 912 mm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.6°C; the steadiest month is June
March has the widest record range, −28.3°C in 2003 to 16.3°C in 1993; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Assiginack’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Killarney, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Assiginack’s climate
How warm does Assiginack get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 22.4°C.
How cold does Assiginack get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −12.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Assiginack get?
The yearly total is about 912 mm. September gets 103 mm, the most of any month; February gets 51 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Assiginack itself?
They describe Killarney, the nearest normals location, rather than Assiginack itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Assiginack →
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).