AverageWeatherForNorthBay,Ontario,Canada

Location
ThisreportdescribesthetypicalweatherattheNorthBay/JackGarlandAirport(NorthBay,Ontario,
Canada)weatherstationoverthecourseofanaverageyear.Itisbasedonthehistoricalrecordsfrom
1977to2012.Earlierrecordsareeitherunavailableorunreliable.
NorthBay,Ontariohasahumidcontinentalclimatewithwarmsummersandnodryseason.Thearea
within40kmofthisstationiscoveredbyforests(81%),lakesandrivers(14%),andcroplands(4%).

Temperature
Overthecourseofayear,thetemperaturetypicallyvariesfrom17Cto24Candisrarelybelow28C
orabove28C.

DailyHighandLowTemperature
Thedailyaveragelow(blue)andhigh(red)temperaturewithpercentilebands(innerbandfrom25thto75thpercentile,
outerbandfrom10thto90thpercentile).

ThewarmseasonlastsfromMay20toSeptember15withanaveragedailyhightemperatureabove
17C.ThehottestdayoftheyearisJuly23,withanaveragehighof24Candlowof15C.
ThecoldseasonlastsfromDecember1toMarch10withanaveragedailyhightemperaturebelow
2C.ThecoldestdayoftheyearisJanuary17,withanaveragelowof17Candhighof8C.

FractionofTimeSpentinVariousTemperatureBands
Theaveragefractionoftimespentinvarioustemperaturebands:frigid(below9C),freezing(9Cto0C),cold(0Cto
10C),cool(10Cto18C),comfortable(18Cto24C),warm(24Cto29C),hot(29Cto38C)andsweltering(above
38C).

Sun
Thelengthofthedayvariessignificantlyoverthecourseoftheyear.TheshortestdayisDecember21
with8:35hoursofdaylightthelongestdayisJune20with15:48hoursofdaylight.

DailyHoursofDaylightandTwilight

ThenumberofhoursduringwhichtheSunisvisible(blackline),withvariousdegreesofdaylight,twilight,andnight,
indicatedbythecolorbands.Frombottom(mostyellow)totop(mostgray):fulldaylight,solartwilight(Sunisvisiblebut
lessthan6fromthehorizon),civiltwilight(Sunisnotvisiblebutislessthan6belowthehorizon),nauticaltwilight
(Sunisbetween6and12belowthehorizon),astronomicaltwilight(Sunisbetween12and18belowthe
horizon),andfullnight.

Theearliestsunriseisat5:24amonJune15andthelatestsunsetisat9:15pmonJune26.Thelatest
sunriseisat8:03amonNovember3andtheearliestsunsetisat4:31pmonDecember12.
Daylightsavingstime(DST)isobservedinthislocationduring2012,startinginthespringonMarch11
andendinginthefallonNovember4.

DailySunrise&SunsetwithTwilightandDaylightSavingsTime
Thesolardayoverthecourseoftheyear2012.Frombottomtotop,theblacklinesaretheprevioussolarmidnight,
sunrise,solarnoon,sunset,andthenextsolarmidnight.Theday,twilights(solar,civil,nautical,andastronomical),and
nightareindicatedbythecolorbandsfromyellowtogray.Thetransitionstoandfromdaylightsavingstimeareindicated
bythe"DST"labels.

Clouds
Themediancloudcoverrangesfrom77%(partlycloudy)to98%(overcast).Theskyiscloudieston
December2andclearestonAugust9.TheclearerpartoftheyearbeginsaroundFebruary23.The
cloudierpartoftheyearbeginsaroundOctober3.

MedianCloudCover
Themediandailycloudcover(blackline)withpercentilebands(innerbandfrom40thto60thpercentile,outerbandfrom
25thto75thpercentile).

OnAugust9,theclearestdayoftheyear,theskyisclear,mostlyclear,orpartlycloudy44%ofthetime,
andovercastormostlycloudy53%ofthetime.
OnDecember2,thecloudiestdayoftheyear,theskyisovercast,mostlycloudy,orpartlycloudy82%of
thetime,andclearormostlyclear16%ofthetime.

CloudCoverTypes
Thefractionoftimespentineachofthefiveskycovercategories.Fromtop(mostblue)tobottom(mostgray),the
categoriesareclear,mostlyclear,partlycloudy,mostlycloudy,andovercast.Pinkindicatesmissingdata.Outsideofthe
UnitedStatesclearskiesareoftenreportedambiguously,leadingthemtobelumpedinwiththemissingdata.

Precipitation

Theprobabilitythatprecipitationwillbeobservedatthislocationvariesthroughouttheyear.Precipitation
ismostlikelyaroundDecember19,occurringin84%ofdays.PrecipitationisleastlikelyaroundAugust
6,occurringin50%ofdays.

ProbabilityofPrecipitationatSomePointintheDay
Thefractionofdaysinwhichvarioustypesofprecipitationareobserved.Ifmorethanonetypeofprecipitationisreported
inagivenday,themoresevereprecipitationiscounted.Forexample,iflightrainisobservedinthesamedayasa
thunderstorm,thatdaycountstowardsthethunderstormtotals.Theorderofseverityisfromthetopdowninthisgraph,with
themostsevereatthebottom.

Overtheentireyear,themostcommonformsofprecipitationarelightsnow,lightrain,moderatesnow,
andmoderaterain.
Lightsnowisthemostsevereprecipitationobservedduring35%ofthosedayswithprecipitation.Itis
mostlikelyaroundJanuary19,whenitisobservedduring54%ofalldays.
Lightrainisthemostsevereprecipitationobservedduring23%ofthosedayswithprecipitation.Itis
mostlikelyaroundJune8,whenitisobservedduring27%ofalldays.
Moderatesnowisthemostsevereprecipitationobservedduring14%ofthosedayswithprecipitation.It
ismostlikelyaroundDecember19,whenitisobservedduring21%ofalldays.
Moderaterainisthemostsevereprecipitationobservedduring12%ofthosedayswithprecipitation.Itis
mostlikelyaroundSeptember25,whenitisobservedduring14%ofalldays.

TypesofPrecipitationThroughouttheYear
Relativefrequencyofvarioustypesofprecipitationoverthecourseofatypicalyear.

Duringthewarmseason,whichlastsfromMay20toSeptember15,thereisa53%averagechancethat
precipitationwillbeobservedatsomepointduringagivenday.Whenprecipitationdoesoccuritismost
oftenintheformoflightrain(45%ofdayswithprecipitationhaveatworstlightrain),thunderstorms
(25%),andmoderaterain(22%).
Duringthecoldseason,whichlastsfromDecember1toMarch10,thereisa78%averagechancethat
precipitationwillbeobservedatsomepointduringagivenday.Whenprecipitationdoesoccuritismost
oftenintheformoflightsnow(63%ofdayswithprecipitationhaveatworstlightsnow),moderatesnow
(24%),andheavysnow(5%).

WarmSeasonPrecipitation
ColdSeasonPrecipitation

Relativefrequencyofvarioustypesofprecipitationduringthewarmandcoldseasonsrespectively.

Snow
ThelikelihoodofsnowfallingishighestaroundDecember31,occurringin79%ofdays.Theseasonin
whichitisrelativelylikelyforsnowtofallspansfromOctober18toApril19.

ProbabilityofSnowFallBeingReportedinaGivenDay
Probabilitythatsnowwillbereportedatleastonceinagivenday.Theseasonisdefinedastheperiodduringwhichthe
probabilityisgreaterthanonethirdthemaximumprobability.

Eithersnowrarelyaccumulatesatthislocationorsnowdepthmeasurementsareunavailableor
unreliable.

Humidity
Therelativehumiditytypicallyrangesfrom41%(comfortable)to96%(veryhumid)overthecourseof
theyear,rarelydroppingbelow22%(dry)andreachingashighas100%(veryhumid).
TheairisdriestaroundMay2,atwhichtimetherelativehumiditydropsbelow50%(comfortable)three
daysoutoffouritismosthumidaroundSeptember22,exceeding93%(veryhumid)threedaysoutof
four.

RelativeHumidity
Theaveragedailyhigh(blue)andlow(brown)relativehumiditywithpercentilebands(innerbandsfrom25thto75th
percentile,outerbandsfrom10thto90thpercentile).

DewPoint
Dewpointisoftenabettermeasureofhowcomfortableapersonwillfindtheweatherthanrelative
humiditybecauseitmoredirectlyrelatestowhetherperspirationwillevaporatefromtheskin,thereby
coolingthebody.Lowerdewpointsfeeldrierandhigherdewpointsfeelmorehumid.
Overthecourseofayear,thedewpointtypicallyvariesfrom21C(dry)to16C(comfortable)andis
rarelybelow33C(dry)orabove20C(muggy).
ThetimeoftheyearbetweenMay29andSeptember26isthemostcomfortable,withdewpointsthat
areneithertoodrynortoomuggy.

DewPoint

Thedailyaveragelow(blue)andhigh(red)dewpointwithpercentilebands(innerbandfrom25thto75thpercentile,outer
bandfrom10thto90thpercentile).

Wind
Overthecourseoftheyeartypicalwindspeedsvaryfrom0m/sto7m/s(calmtomoderatebreeze),
rarelyexceeding10m/s(freshbreeze).
Thehighestaveragewindspeedof4m/s(gentlebreeze)occursaroundApril8,atwhichtimethe
averagedailymaximumwindspeedis7m/s(moderatebreeze).
Thelowestaveragewindspeedof3m/s(lightbreeze)occursaroundAugust3,atwhichtimethe
averagedailymaximumwindspeedis6m/s(moderatebreeze).

WindSpeed
Theaveragedailyminimum(red),maximum(green),andaverage(black)windspeedwithpercentilebands(innerband
from25thto75thpercentile,outerbandfrom10thto90thpercentile).

Thewindismostoftenoutofthesouthwest(17%ofthetime),north(15%ofthetime),west(14%ofthe
time),east(11%ofthetime),andsouth(10%ofthetime).

WindDirectionsOvertheEntireYear
Thefractionoftimespentwiththewindblowingfromthevariousdirectionsovertheentireyear.Valuesdonotsumto
100%becausethewinddirectionisundefinedwhenthewindspeediszero.

FractionofTimeSpentwithVariousWindDirections
Thefractionoftimespentwiththewindblowingfromthevariousdirectionsonadailybasis.Stackedvaluesdonotalways
sumto100%becausethewinddirectionisundefinedwhenthewindspeediszero.

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