Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part, with about 312 cm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 24.3°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 81% of Canadian towns. September is the wettest month, February the driest. Plan for rain or snow on about 133 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part come from North Bay, 76 km north-east, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 176 frosts and 96 warm days a year
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
1,020 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
312 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 71 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 135 frost-free 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 →Roughly 61 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 25 a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 76 km north-east |
| 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 | Sudbury, 96 km |
How Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 32–55 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part North Bay | 24.3°C | −17.3°C | 1,020 mm |
| French River / Rivière des Français 32 km · Sudbury | 25.0°C 0.7°C warmer | −17.5°C about the same | 912 mm |
| McDougall 50 km · Muskoka | 25.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −15.3°C 2.0°C milder | 1,062 mm |
Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
In March, anything from −33.1°C to 25.2°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.4°C of the normal, −12.3°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.3°C.
Where Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at North Bay, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part’s climate
How warm does Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −17.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part get?
A normal year brings 1,020 mm, snow included as water: September is wettest at 114 mm, February driest at 54 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 137 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part itself?
Not really: North Bay, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre 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).