No extremes in Garden River 14: its weather tracks the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −14.5°C and a July afternoon reaches 24.2°C; 915 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Seasons differ by 39°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 175 days a year at 0°C or below.
No ECCC station in Garden River 14 has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Sault Ste Marie, 28 km west, instead.
A year in Garden River 14 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Garden River 14’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Garden River 14 feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 175 days, 20°C on 96
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 21 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
The most falls in October, the least in February. On about 131 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 325 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 84 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Garden River 14
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Garden River 14’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 28 May and returns near 29 September, about 123 days apart.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Roughly 39 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Count on some 31 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Garden River 14: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sault Ste Marie
ECCC builds the Sault Ste Marie normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 28 km west |
| Station altitude | 192 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.3°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Gore Bay, 142 km |
How Garden River 14 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 Garden River 14 whose figures come from another normals location. The one place listed is 68 km from Garden River 14, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden River 14 Sault Ste Marie | 24.2°C | −14.5°C | 915 mm |
| Huron Shores 68 km · Gore Bay | 24.4°C about the same | −13.6°C 0.9°C milder | 915 mm |
Garden River 14 weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.0°C | −14.5°C | −9.8°C | 65 mm | 84 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −14.7°C | −9.4°C | 46 mm | 59 cm |
| March | 1.4°C | −9.6°C | −4.1°C | 52 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −2.0°C | 3.4°C | 71 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 3.5°C | 9.9°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 8.5°C | 15.2°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.9°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 11.5°C | 17.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 8.0°C | 13.7°C | 109 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.7°C | 7.2°C | 111 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4.8°C | −2.5°C | 1.2°C | 89 mm | 44 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −8.6°C | −4.8°C | 70 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −0.5°C | 4.8°C | 915 mm | 325 cm |
March has run from −34.4°C to 26.7°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 3.7°C from −9.4°C. August moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Garden River 14’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Sault Ste Marie (the closest location with all twelve months 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Garden River 14’s climate
How warm does Garden River 14 get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 24.2°C.
How cold does Garden River 14 get in winter?
Deep winter means February, when nights average −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Garden River 14 get?
Some 915 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in October (111 mm), the least in February (46 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 129 days a year.
Are these figures for Garden River 14 itself?
They come from Sault Ste Marie, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Garden River 14.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Garden River 14 →
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).