Norway House is a weather station located 224 m above sea level, 2 km from Norway House. Its records go back to 1897: 84 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is −0.4 °C; the 1961–1990 period is not documented well enough to compare. The warmest year of the series is 2010 (2.0 °C) and the coldest 2014 (−3.7 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 21 out of 84, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.25 °C per decade. The station ranks 118 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1897
The first ten years of the series (1897–1910) average −1.9 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average −0.6 °C, a difference of +1.4 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 5 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2010 (2.0 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 0.1 °C (2012) and bottoms out at −2.7 °C (1925).
Annual rainfall since 1897
On average 564 mm of rain falls per year over the 46 documented years. The wettest year, 1997, received 787 mm; the driest, 2006, only 412 mm, which is 1.9 times less. Between 1988 and 2007, 13 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Records at Norway House
- Warmest year: 2.0 °C, in 2010
- Coldest year: −3.7 °C, in 2014
- Driest year: 412 mm, in 2006
- Wettest year: 787 mm, in 1997
- Warmest month: 21.2 °C, in July 1930
- Coldest month: −30.7 °C, in January 1911
- Wettest month: 197 mm, in July 1999
5.7 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.25 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.5 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.00 °C per decade: the station ranks 118 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Norway House are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Norway House?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Norway House is −0.4 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Norway House?
Since records began in 1897, the warmest year at Norway House is 2010, at 2.0 °C on average. The coldest is 2014 (−3.7 °C).
Is the climate at Norway House getting warmer?
Yes: at Norway House, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.25 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.5 °C in total. 5 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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