Temiskaming Shores sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.8°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 67% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in September and eases off in February. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
These are not Temiskaming Shores’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Earlton, 29 km north-west.
A year in Temiskaming Shores at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Temiskaming Shores’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Temiskaming Shores feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
195 frost days and 96 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 49 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
740 mm of precipitation in a typical year
869th wettest of 871 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. On about 117 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Temiskaming Shores
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Temiskaming Shores’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 27 May and returns near 20 September, about 115 days apart.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 81 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Expect around 29 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Temiskaming Shores’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Earlton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Earlton are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 29 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.2°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Kirkland Lake, 80 km |
How Temiskaming Shores 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Temiskaming Shores’s would only repeat its figures. Temiskaming Shores has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 59–103 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temiskaming Shores Earlton | 24.8°C | −21.4°C | 740 mm |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 59 km · Kirkland Lake | 24.0°C 0.8°C cooler | −21.9°C 0.5°C colder | 787 mm |
| Témiscaming 93 km · Barrage Témiscamingue | 25.5°C 0.7°C warmer | −16.0°C 5.4°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| Rouyn-Noranda 97 km · Rouyn | 23.7°C 1.1°C cooler | −20.1°C 1.3°C milder | 787 mm |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part 103 km · North Bay | 24.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −17.3°C 4.1°C milder | 1,020 mm |
Temiskaming Shores weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.7°C | −21.4°C | −15.6°C | 43 mm |
| February | −7.2°C | −20.2°C | −13.7°C | 31 mm |
| March | −0.4°C | −12.9°C | −6.6°C | 42 mm |
| April | 8.0°C | −3.5°C | 2.3°C | 58 mm |
| May | 17.5°C | 3.8°C | 10.6°C | 68 mm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 78 mm |
| July | 24.8°C | 12.0°C | 18.4°C | 85 mm |
| August | 23.3°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 71 mm |
| September | 18.4°C | 6.2°C | 12.3°C | 88 mm |
| October | 10.1°C | 0.7°C | 5.4°C | 77 mm |
| November | 1.9°C | −6.1°C | −2.1°C | 57 mm |
| December | −5.2°C | −14.6°C | −9.9°C | 43 mm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −3.0°C | 2.8°C | 740 mm |
From −36.6°C to 25.4°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.6°C around −15.6°C) and July least (1.2°C).
Where Temiskaming Shores’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Earlton from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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 Temiskaming Shores’s climate
How warm does Temiskaming Shores get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Temiskaming Shores get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −21.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Temiskaming Shores get?
Around 740 mm a year in all, from 88 mm in September down to 31 mm in February.
Are these figures for Temiskaming Shores itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Earlton, outside Temiskaming Shores.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Temiskaming Shores →
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).