Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ignace sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 24.7°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 66% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 201 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Atikokan, 69 km south: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Ignace itself.
A year in Ignace at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Ignace’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Ignace feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 201 frosts a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 51 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 790 mm of rain and snow a year
About 110 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 213 cm in a normal year
From September to May snow is likely; November is the peak, at about 41 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Atikokan normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Sioux Lookout, 81 km away.
Living with Ignace’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 57 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 26 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Ignace’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Atikokan
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Atikokan are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 69 km south |
| Station altitude | 442 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Sioux Lookout, 81 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 7.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Sioux Lookout, 81 km |
How Ignace 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
Places around Ignace whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Ignace with figures are 78–116 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ignace Atikokan | 24.7°C | −21.6°C | 790 mm |
| Sioux Lookout 78 km · Sioux Lookout | 24.3°C about the same | −22.3°C 0.7°C colder | 796 mm |
| Machin 116 km · Kenora | 24.4°C about the same | −20.1°C 1.5°C milder | 754 mm |
Ignace weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.8°C | −21.6°C | −15.4°C | 33 mm | 37 cm |
| February | −6.3°C | −20.3°C | −13.8°C | 26 mm | 23 cm |
| March | 1.4°C | −12.6°C | −5.5°C | 34 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −4.2°C | 2.3°C | 53 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 3.5°C | 10.3°C | 80 mm | 7 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 9.6°C | 16.0°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.7°C | 12.4°C | 18.6°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.2°C | 17.4°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 6.8°C | 12.6°C | 102 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 9.3°C | 0.2°C | 4.7°C | 74 mm | 20 cm |
| November | 0.6°C | −7.7°C | −3.7°C | 40 mm | 41 cm |
| December | −6.6°C | −16.4°C | −11.7°C | 38 mm | 38 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −3.3°C | 2.7°C | 790 mm | 213 cm |
A March here can run from −40.4°C to 24.7°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; December is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±4.0°C around −11.7°C), July the one that wanders least (±1.4°C).
Where Ignace’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Atikokan, 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Ignace’s climate
How warm does Ignace get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 24.7°C.
How cold does Ignace get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −21.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Ignace get?
Count on roughly 790 mm a year, heaviest in July (117 mm) and lightest in February (26 mm).
Are these figures for Ignace itself?
No: they come from Atikokan, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Ignace.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Ignace →
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).