Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Hornepayne has some of the coolest summers among Canadian towns
Nights in January average −19.6°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 91% of Canadian towns. Some 41°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit July and August, with highs of 21°C.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Hornepayne come from Wawa, 141 km south, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Hornepayne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hornepayne’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Hornepayne feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 203 days, 20°C on 67
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 43 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
About 967 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in September, the least in February. About 128 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Hornepayne
85% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hornepayne’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 2 June to about 20 September, some 109 days in a normal year.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 58 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 10 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Hornepayne: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Wawa
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Wawa are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 141 km south |
| Station altitude | 288 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.1°C |
| Average wind | 9.1 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Geraldton, 166 km |
How Hornepayne 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Hornepayne’s own would show the same figures). Hornepayne has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 76–129 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornepayne Wawa | 20.8°C | −19.6°C | 967 mm |
| Manitouwadge 76 km · Geraldton | 23.6°C 2.8°C warmer | −24.7°C 5.1°C colder | 762 mm |
| Hearst 96 km · Kapuskasing | 24.1°C 3.3°C warmer | −23.3°C 3.7°C colder | 806 mm |
Hornepayne weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.7°C | −19.6°C | −13.7°C | 58 mm |
| February | −5.9°C | −18.3°C | −12.1°C | 44 mm |
| March | −0.1°C | −12.5°C | −6.3°C | 53 mm |
| April | 6.9°C | −4.6°C | 1.2°C | 76 mm |
| May | 14.6°C | 1.7°C | 8.2°C | 86 mm |
| June | 19.6°C | 6.8°C | 13.2°C | 80 mm |
| July | 20.8°C | 9.6°C | 15.2°C | 92 mm |
| August | 20.9°C | 10.1°C | 15.5°C | 91 mm |
| September | 16.9°C | 6.3°C | 11.6°C | 125 mm |
| October | 9.7°C | 0.8°C | 5.3°C | 116 mm |
| November | 2.4°C | −5.3°C | −1.5°C | 79 mm |
| December | −4.0°C | −13.5°C | −8.7°C | 67 mm |
| Year | 7.8°C | −3.2°C | 2.3°C | 967 mm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.5°C; the steadiest, August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −37.1°C in 2007 to 23.1°C in 2012.
Where Hornepayne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Wawa, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Hornepayne’s climate
How warm does Hornepayne get in summer?
Afternoons average 20.9°C in August, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Hornepayne get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −19.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Hornepayne get?
About 967 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. September is the wettest month (125 mm) and February the driest (44 mm).
Are these figures for Hornepayne itself?
They are the figures for Wawa, which read better as the region’s climate than Hornepayne’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hornepayne →
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).