Photo: François Ruph · CC BY-SA 4.0Témiscaming is among the snowiest of Canadian towns: about 312 cm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −16.0°C on average. A year here swings 42°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. In January, nights here are colder than in 75% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 169 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Témiscaming has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Barrage Témiscamingue, 1.6 km south.
A year in Témiscaming at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Témiscaming’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Témiscaming feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 169 frosts and 105 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 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
The most falls in September, the least in February. About 133 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: North Bay, 47 km away (Barrage Témiscamingue records no complete year of either).
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
Heating a home in Témiscaming
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. A house here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Témiscaming’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 50 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 32 days a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Témiscaming’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Barrage Témiscamingue
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Barrage Témiscamingue, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 1.6 km south |
| Station altitude | 181 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | North Bay, 47 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 9.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | North Bay, 47 km |
How Témiscaming 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Témiscaming’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 31 km from Témiscaming, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Témiscaming Barrage Témiscamingue | 25.5°C | −16.0°C | 1,020 mm |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part 31 km · North Bay | 24.3°C 1.2°C cooler | −17.3°C 1.3°C colder | 1,020 mm |
Témiscaming weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.3°C | −16.0°C | −11.2°C | 70 mm | 70 cm |
| February | −4.3°C | −15.2°C | −9.8°C | 54 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 1.9°C | −9.8°C | −4.0°C | 60 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 9.3°C | −2.1°C | 3.7°C | 72 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.8°C | 3.9°C | 10.9°C | 89 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 22.9°C | 10.1°C | 16.5°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.6°C | 19.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 9.0°C | 14.2°C | 114 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.6°C | 3.4°C | 7.5°C | 109 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −3.0°C | 0.5°C | 97 mm | 38 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −10.2°C | −6.5°C | 73 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 10.3°C | −0.3°C | 5.0°C | 1,020 mm | 312 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.4°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −30.0°C (2003) and 27.3°C (2012).
Where Témiscaming’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Barrage Témiscamingue, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Témiscaming’s climate
How warm does Témiscaming get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Témiscaming get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Témiscaming get?
1,020 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is September (114 mm); the driest, February (54 mm).
Are these figures for Témiscaming itself?
Not quite: they come from Barrage Témiscamingue, the closest ECCC normals location to Témiscaming.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Témiscaming →
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).