Parry Sound is a weather station located 176 m above sea level, 1 km from Parry Sound. Its records go back to 1876: 124 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 the whole series (124 years) the annual mean temperature there is 5.1 °C; the 1961–1990 and 1991–2020 reference periods are not documented well enough for a comparison. The warmest year of the series is 2012 (8.1 °C) and the coldest 1888 (2.0 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 5 out of 124, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.29 °C per decade. The station ranks 80 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1876
The first ten years of the series (1876–1885) average 4.6 °C; the last ten (2010–2020) average 6.7 °C, a difference of +2.1 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2012 (8.1 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 6.8 °C (2013) and bottoms out at 3.6 °C (1893).
Records at Parry Sound
- Warmest year: 8.1 °C, in 2012
- Coldest year: 2.0 °C, in 1888
- Warmest month: 24.1 °C, in July 1921
- Coldest month: −18.5 °C, in February 1934
6.1 °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 +0.29 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.7 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.04 °C per decade: the station ranks 80 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 Parry Sound 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 Parry Sound?
Over the whole series (124 years), the annual mean temperature at Parry Sound is 5.1 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Parry Sound?
Since records began in 1876, the warmest year at Parry Sound is 2012, at 8.1 °C on average. The coldest is 1888 (2.0 °C).
Is the climate at Parry Sound getting warmer?
Yes: at Parry Sound, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.29 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.7 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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