Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 2.5No extremes in Elliot Lake: its weather tracks the middle of Canadian towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 24.4°C, a January night drops to −13.6°C, and 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. About 131 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Every figure here comes from Gore Bay, 55 km south; ECCC has no normals closer to Elliot Lake, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Elliot Lake at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elliot Lake’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Elliot Lake feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 153 days, 20°C on 99
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
915 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Sault Ste Marie, 143 km away (Gore Bay records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Elliot Lake
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Elliot Lake’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 40 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Roughly 27 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Elliot Lake’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Gore Bay
Gore Bay is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 55 km south |
| Station altitude | 190 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sault Ste Marie, 143 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, 101 km |
How Elliot Lake 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 Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Elliot Lake whose figures come from another normals location. Elliot Lake has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 54–71 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliot Lake Gore Bay | 24.4°C | −13.6°C | 915 mm |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers 54 km · Killarney | 22.4°C 2.0°C cooler | −12.9°C 0.7°C milder | 912 mm |
| Thessalon 71 km · Sault Ste Marie | 24.2°C about the same | −14.5°C 0.9°C colder | 915 mm |
Elliot Lake 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 |
A March here can run from −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 Elliot Lake’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: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Elliot Lake’s climate
How warm does Elliot Lake get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 24.4°C.
How cold does Elliot Lake get in winter?
Lows sink to −13.8°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Elliot Lake get?
Precipitation totals 915 mm a year, with October the wettest month (111 mm) and February the driest (46 mm).
Are these figures for Elliot Lake itself?
Not really: Gore Bay, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Elliot Lake.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elliot Lake →
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).