Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0No extremes in Blind River: its weather tracks the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −13.6°C and a July afternoon reaches 24.4°C; 915 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. A year here swings 38°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 67% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 153 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Borrowed figures: Blind River has no normals station, so these come from Gore Bay, 45 km south-east.
A year in Blind River at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Blind River’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Blind River feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 153 frosts and 99 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 16 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 915 mm a year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 131 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Sault Ste Marie, 125 km away (Gore Bay records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Blind River
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Blind River’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 40 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 27 a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Blind River’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Gore Bay
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Gore Bay are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 45 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 190 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sault Ste Marie, 125 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 15.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Killarney, 116 km |
How Blind River 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 Blind River whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 47–89 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Blind River.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind River Gore Bay | 24.4°C | −13.6°C | 915 mm |
| Thessalon 47 km · Sault Ste Marie | 24.2°C about the same | −14.5°C 0.9°C colder | 915 mm |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers 73 km · Killarney | 22.4°C 2.0°C cooler | −12.9°C 0.7°C milder | 912 mm |
Blind River weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.4°C | −13.6°C | −9.0°C | 65 mm |
| February | −3.6°C | −13.8°C | −8.7°C | 46 mm |
| March | 1.5°C | −8.5°C | −3.5°C | 52 mm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.1°C | 4.0°C | 71 mm |
| May | 16.4°C | 5.4°C | 11.0°C | 69 mm |
| June | 21.9°C | 11.0°C | 16.5°C | 79 mm |
| July | 24.4°C | 14.3°C | 19.4°C | 77 mm |
| August | 24.0°C | 14.1°C | 19.1°C | 78 mm |
| September | 19.5°C | 10.2°C | 14.9°C | 109 mm |
| October | 12.2°C | 4.5°C | 8.3°C | 111 mm |
| November | 5.4°C | −1.1°C | 2.2°C | 89 mm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.2°C | −3.8°C | 70 mm |
| Year | 10.5°C | 1.2°C | 5.9°C | 915 mm |
The month with the widest range: March, −32.3°C to 17.7°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.6°C of its normal of −9.0°C; June keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Blind River’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Gore Bay, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and 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 Blind River’s climate
How warm does Blind River get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 24.4°C.
How cold does Blind River get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −13.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Blind River get?
915 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (111 mm); the driest, February (46 mm).
Are these figures for Blind River itself?
No, they come from Gore Bay; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Blind River itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Blind River →
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).