Hardly any Canadian towns see harsher January nights than Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.1°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is September; the driest is February. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 207 days a year at 0°C or below.
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Kapuskasing, 80 km west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 207 frosts and 88 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 63 nights a year drop under −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 806 mm a year
On about 127 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 303 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 57 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 104 days, roughly 4 June to 17 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →On some 90 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Expect around 23 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kapuskasing
Kapuskasing is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 80 km west |
| Station altitude | 227 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.3°C |
| Average wind | 12.4 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Timmins/Victor Power, 96 km |
How Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part 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 Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part with figures is 47 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part Kapuskasing | 24.1°C | −23.3°C | 806 mm |
| Cochrane 47 km · Timmins/Victor Power | 24.4°C about the same | −22.3°C 1.0°C milder | 796 mm |
Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part 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 | −11.5°C | −23.3°C | −17.4°C | 48 mm | 54 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −22.3°C | −15.4°C | 33 mm | 40 cm |
| March | −1.1°C | −15.4°C | −8.2°C | 45 mm | 42 cm |
| April | 6.9°C | −6.0°C | 0.5°C | 58 mm | 34 cm |
| May | 16.0°C | 2.0°C | 9.1°C | 67 mm | 6 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 8.0°C | 15.0°C | 74 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.1°C | 11.2°C | 17.7°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 9.9°C | 16.3°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.4°C | 5.8°C | 11.6°C | 99 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 8.5°C | −0.1°C | 4.2°C | 85 mm | 17 cm |
| November | 0.1°C | −7.6°C | −3.8°C | 67 mm | 52 cm |
| December | −7.4°C | −16.9°C | −12.2°C | 53 mm | 57 cm |
| Year | 7.4°C | −4.6°C | 1.4°C | 806 mm | 303 cm |
March: −37.8°C at its coldest, 26.2°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.6°C around −17.4°C) and July least (1.3°C).
Where Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Kapuskasing, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part’s climate
How warm does Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part get in summer?
Expect highs near 24.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −23.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part get?
Some 806 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in September (99 mm), the least in February (33 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 165 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part itself?
No: they come from Kapuskasing, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part →
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).