Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Huron Shores sits near the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −13.6°C and a July afternoon reaches 24.4°C; 915 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 67% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 38°C apart. Expect about 153 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Huron Shores has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Gore Bay, 74 km south-east, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Huron Shores at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Huron Shores’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Huron Shores feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 153 days, 20°C on 99
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 16 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 915 mm of rain and snow a year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 131 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Sault Ste Marie, 92 km away (Gore Bay records no complete year of either).
Snowfall: about 325 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 84 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Huron Shores
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Huron Shores’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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 →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 40 days a year.
About 27 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Huron Shores’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Gore Bay
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Gore Bay are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 74 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 190 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sault Ste Marie, 92 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 | Sault Ste Marie, 92 km |
How Huron Shores 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 Huron Shores whose figures come from another normals location. Huron Shores has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 16 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huron Shores Gore Bay | 24.4°C | −13.6°C | 915 mm |
| Thessalon 16 km · Sault Ste Marie | 24.2°C about the same | −14.5°C 0.9°C colder | 915 mm |
Huron Shores weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.4°C | −13.6°C | −9.0°C | 65 mm | 84 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −13.8°C | −8.7°C | 46 mm | 59 cm |
| March | 1.5°C | −8.5°C | −3.5°C | 52 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.1°C | 4.0°C | 71 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 5.4°C | 11.0°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.9°C | 11.0°C | 16.5°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 14.3°C | 19.4°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 14.1°C | 19.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 10.2°C | 14.9°C | 109 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 4.5°C | 8.3°C | 111 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 5.4°C | −1.1°C | 2.2°C | 89 mm | 44 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.2°C | −3.8°C | 70 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | 1.2°C | 5.9°C | 915 mm | 325 cm |
March: −32.3°C at its coldest, 17.7°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.6°C from −9.0°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Huron Shores’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Gore Bay, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Huron Shores’s climate
How warm does Huron Shores get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 24.4°C on a typical day.
How cold does Huron Shores get in winter?
Lows sink to −13.8°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Huron Shores get?
Measured as water, a year brings 915 mm: 111 mm in October, the wettest month, and 46 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Huron Shores itself?
They are the figures for Gore Bay, which read better as the region’s climate than Huron Shores’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Huron Shores →
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).