Obedjiwan 28 has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 23.1°C. Winter and summer sit 46°C apart. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 88% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 157 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Far-off figures: ECCC’s closest normals for Obedjiwan 28 come from Parent, 86 km south, so take them as the area’s climate.
A year in Obedjiwan 28 at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Obedjiwan 28’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Obedjiwan 28 feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 207 frosts and 82 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 59 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,080 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Obedjiwan 28
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. That means homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Obedjiwan 28’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 67 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Summer brings about 19 days when the humidex passes 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Obedjiwan 28’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Parent
ECCC builds the Parent normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 86 km south |
| Station altitude | 410 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Chapais, 129 km |
How Obedjiwan 28 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 Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Obedjiwan 28 whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 125–155 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Obedjiwan 28.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obedjiwan 28 Parent | 23.1°C | −23.1°C | 1,080 mm |
| Chapais 125 km · Chapais | 22.9°C about the same | −24.1°C 1.0°C colder | 1,080 mm |
| Lebel-sur-Quévillon 155 km · Matagami | 23.2°C about the same | −23.7°C 0.6°C colder | 868 mm |
Obedjiwan 28 weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.2°C | −23.1°C | −16.8°C | 91 mm |
| February | −8.0°C | −21.9°C | −15.0°C | 54 mm |
| March | −1.6°C | −15.4°C | −8.5°C | 63 mm |
| April | 6.3°C | −5.9°C | 0.2°C | 76 mm |
| May | 16.1°C | 2.1°C | 9.1°C | 84 mm |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.6°C | 14.4°C | 95 mm |
| July | 23.1°C | 10.8°C | 17.0°C | 117 mm |
| August | 21.7°C | 9.6°C | 15.7°C | 110 mm |
| September | 17.0°C | 5.3°C | 11.1°C | 100 mm |
| October | 9.1°C | 0.0°C | 4.6°C | 104 mm |
| November | 0.9°C | −7.2°C | −3.2°C | 96 mm |
| December | −6.2°C | −16.1°C | −11.2°C | 90 mm |
| Year | 7.5°C | −4.5°C | 1.5°C | 1,080 mm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.5°C; the steadiest month is July
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −38.0°C in 1993 to 24.7°C in 2012.
Where Obedjiwan 28’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Parent (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Obedjiwan 28’s climate
How warm does Obedjiwan 28 get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 23.1°C.
How cold does Obedjiwan 28 get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −23.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Obedjiwan 28 get?
The yearly total is about 1,080 mm. July gets 117 mm, the most of any month; February gets 54 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Obedjiwan 28 itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Parent, a long way from Obedjiwan 28.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Obedjiwan 28 →
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