Photo: Schreiber Public Library · Public domainSchreiber has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 23.6°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 72% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 48°C across the year, low to high. Expect about 214 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Geraldton, 111 km north: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Schreiber itself.
A year in Schreiber at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Schreiber’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Schreiber feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 214 frosts and 83 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 71 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 762 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. 865th wettest of 872 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Schreiber
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Schreiber’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 31 May and returns near 16 September, about 106 days apart.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 90 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 17 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Schreiber’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Geraldton
Geraldton is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 111 km north |
| Station altitude | 348 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −50.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 11.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Thunder Bay, 159 km |
How Schreiber 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 Schreiber whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 77 km from Schreiber.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schreiber Geraldton | 23.6°C | −24.7°C | 762 mm |
| Nipigon 77 km · Thunder Bay | 24.9°C 1.3°C warmer | −19.2°C 5.5°C milder | 762 mm |
Schreiber weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −12.2°C | −24.7°C | −18.5°C | 36 mm |
| February | −8.8°C | −23.4°C | −16.1°C | 26 mm |
| March | −1.3°C | −16.1°C | −8.7°C | 33 mm |
| April | 6.6°C | −6.7°C | 0.0°C | 49 mm |
| May | 15.2°C | 1.6°C | 8.4°C | 78 mm |
| June | 21.4°C | 8.0°C | 14.7°C | 82 mm |
| July | 23.6°C | 11.1°C | 17.4°C | 108 mm |
| August | 22.3°C | 9.9°C | 16.1°C | 76 mm |
| September | 16.5°C | 5.2°C | 10.9°C | 102 mm |
| October | 7.6°C | −0.8°C | 3.4°C | 84 mm |
| November | −1.0°C | −9.3°C | −5.1°C | 53 mm |
| December | −8.3°C | −18.3°C | −13.3°C | 37 mm |
| Year | 6.8°C | −5.3°C | 0.8°C | 762 mm |
February varies most from one year to the next (3.7°C), August least
March has the widest record range, −40.0°C in 1996 to 20.7°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Schreiber’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Geraldton, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Schreiber’s climate
How warm does Schreiber get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23.6°C.
How cold does Schreiber get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −24.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Schreiber get?
Measured as water, a year brings 762 mm: 108 mm in July, the wettest month, and 26 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Schreiber itself?
No: they come from Geraldton, the nearest ECCC normals location, and far enough away to describe the wider area more than Schreiber.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Schreiber →
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).