Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0East Ferris sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 312 cm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.3°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 42°C across the year, low to high. Plan for rain or snow on about 133 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to East Ferris is North Bay, 17 km north-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in East Ferris at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about East Ferris’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in East Ferris feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 176 days, 20°C on 96
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 28 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 1,020 mm a year
September brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 312 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 71 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in East Ferris
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with East Ferris’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 15 May and returns near 29 September, about 135 days apart.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 61 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 25 days when the humidex passes 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; East Ferris’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: North Bay
North Bay is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 370 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Barrage Témiscamingue, 53 km |
How East Ferris 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share East Ferris’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 43–73 km from East Ferris.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Ferris North Bay | 24.3°C | −17.3°C | 1,020 mm |
| Mattawa 43 km · Barrage Témiscamingue | 25.5°C 1.2°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.3°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| Burk's Falls 71 km · Muskoka | 25.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −15.3°C 2.0°C milder | 1,062 mm |
East Ferris 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 | −7.4°C | −17.3°C | −12.3°C | 70 mm | 70 cm |
| February | −5.6°C | −15.9°C | −10.8°C | 54 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 0.7°C | −9.6°C | −4.5°C | 60 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | −1.8°C | 3.4°C | 72 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 5.7°C | 11.4°C | 89 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 11.1°C | 16.6°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.7°C | 19.0°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.1°C | 12.8°C | 18.0°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.5°C | 8.3°C | 13.4°C | 114 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | 2.3°C | 6.5°C | 109 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 3.1°C | −4.3°C | −0.6°C | 97 mm | 38 cm |
| December | −3.8°C | −11.7°C | −7.8°C | 73 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −0.6°C | 4.4°C | 1,020 mm | 312 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.4°C of normal, against the steadier June
March has the widest record range, −33.1°C in 2003 to 25.2°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where East Ferris’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for North Bay, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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: 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 East Ferris’s climate
How warm does East Ferris get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does East Ferris get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −17.3°C.
How much rain and snow does East Ferris get?
Some 1,020 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in September (114 mm), the least in February (54 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 137 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for East Ferris itself?
No, they come from North Bay; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in East Ferris itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for East Ferris →
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).