Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Few Canadian towns get more snow than Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part: about 312 cm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −17.3°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 42°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 133 times a year.
Borrowed figures: Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part has no normals station, so these come from North Bay, 23 km south.
A year in Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 176 days, 20°C on 96
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 28 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 1,020 mm a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 312 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 71 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 135 days, roughly 15 May to 29 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 61 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 25 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: North Bay
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for North Bay are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south |
| Station altitude | 370 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Barrage Témiscamingue, 30 km |
How Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part 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 Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part whose figures come from another normals location. Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 31–79 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part North Bay | 24.3°C | −17.3°C | 1,020 mm |
| Témiscaming 31 km · Barrage Témiscamingue | 25.5°C 1.2°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.3°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| St.-Charles 79 km · Sudbury | 25.0°C 0.7°C warmer | −17.5°C about the same | 912 mm |
Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part 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 | −7.4°C | −17.3°C | −12.3°C | 70 mm | 70 cm |
| February | −5.6°C | −15.9°C | −10.8°C | 54 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 0.7°C | −9.6°C | −4.5°C | 60 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 8.6°C | −1.8°C | 3.4°C | 72 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.0°C | 5.7°C | 11.4°C | 89 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.0°C | 11.1°C | 16.6°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.7°C | 19.0°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.1°C | 12.8°C | 18.0°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.5°C | 8.3°C | 13.4°C | 114 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.6°C | 2.3°C | 6.5°C | 109 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 3.1°C | −4.3°C | −0.6°C | 97 mm | 38 cm |
| December | −3.8°C | −11.7°C | −7.8°C | 73 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −0.6°C | 4.4°C | 1,020 mm | 312 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.4°C), June least
March has the widest record range, −33.1°C in 2003 to 25.2°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for North Bay, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part’s climate
How warm does Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 24.3°C.
How cold does Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −17.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part get?
1,020 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is September (114 mm); the driest, February (54 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 137 days a year.
Are these figures for Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part itself?
They are borrowed from North Bay, the nearest place to Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part →
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).