Photo: Julius177 · CC BY-SA 4.0Sturgeon Falls sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 312 cm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.3°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 42°C apart. Windshields need scraping on about 176 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Sturgeon Falls is North Bay, 44 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Sturgeon Falls at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sturgeon Falls’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Sturgeon Falls feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 176 frosts and 96 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 28 nights a year.
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 brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 133 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
312 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 71 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sturgeon Falls
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. By this count, homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sturgeon Falls’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 15 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 29 September, leaving roughly 135 days without frost.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 61 days a year.
Summer brings about 25 days when the humidex passes 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Sturgeon Falls’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: North Bay
ECCC builds the North Bay normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 44 km 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, 68 km |
How Sturgeon Falls compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Sturgeon Falls whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Sturgeon Falls with figures is 32 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgeon Falls North Bay | 24.3°C | −17.3°C | 1,020 mm |
| St.-Charles 32 km · Sudbury | 25.0°C 0.7°C warmer | −17.5°C about the same | 912 mm |
Sturgeon Falls 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 |
From −33.1°C to 25.2°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.4°C from −12.3°C. June moves least, typically by 1.3°C.
Where Sturgeon Falls’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at North Bay (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sturgeon Falls’s climate
How warm does Sturgeon Falls get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 24.3°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Sturgeon Falls get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −17.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Sturgeon Falls get?
Some 1,020 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in September (114 mm), the least in February (54 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 137 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Sturgeon Falls itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for North Bay, since Sturgeon Falls has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sturgeon Falls →
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).