Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 2.5Espanola has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −12.9°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in September and least in February. Frost is rarer than in 71% of Canadian towns: about 144 nights a year drop below freezing. Expect about 144 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
These are not Espanola’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Killarney, 39 km south-east.
A year in Espanola at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Espanola’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Espanola feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
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
About 912 mm of rain and snow a year
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 or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Sudbury, 86 km away.
About 263 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 64 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Living with Espanola’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 40 days with a wind chill below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 8 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Espanola’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Killarney
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Killarney, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 39 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 196 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sudbury, 86 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, 74 km |
How Espanola 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Espanola’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 33–70 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Espanola.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Espanola Killarney | 22.4°C | −12.9°C | 912 mm |
| Sagamok 33 km · Gore Bay | 24.4°C 2.0°C warmer | −13.6°C 0.7°C colder | 912 mm |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 67 km · Sudbury | 25.0°C 2.6°C warmer | −17.5°C 4.6°C colder | 912 mm |
Espanola 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 | −4.8°C | −12.9°C | −8.8°C | 67 mm | 64 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −12.3°C | −8.1°C | 51 mm | 52 cm |
| March | 0.7°C | −7.0°C | −3.2°C | 58 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 7.0°C | 0.1°C | 3.6°C | 68 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 13.8°C | 6.8°C | 10.3°C | 79 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 19.2°C | 12.8°C | 16.0°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.4°C | 16.1°C | 19.2°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.6°C | 15.6°C | 18.6°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.1°C | 12.0°C | 15.0°C | 103 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.4°C | 5.5°C | 8.5°C | 94 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −0.8°C | 2.3°C | 75 mm | 30 cm |
| December | −0.9°C | −7.7°C | −4.3°C | 66 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 9.2°C | 2.3°C | 5.8°C | 912 mm | 263 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.6°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −28.3°C (2003) and 16.3°C (1993), the widest span of any month.
Where Espanola’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Killarney from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of 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 Espanola’s climate
How warm does Espanola get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 22.4°C.
How cold does Espanola get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −12.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Espanola get?
The year adds up to 912 mm. September is the peak month (103 mm) and February the low one (51 mm).
Are these figures for Espanola itself?
Not exactly. Espanola lacks a normals station, so Killarney supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Espanola →
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).