Fort Frances weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · continental climate
The best time to visit Fort Frances is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with September and July close behind. Fort Frances averages about 2,142 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 71 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,142
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 78/100
- Rain / year
- 651 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.8 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 6 (high)
- Population
- 8k
- Elevation
- 341 m
When is the best time to visit Fort Frances?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Fort Frances is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 21 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Fort Frances?
Fort Frances gets a moderate 2,142 hours of sunshine a year. 78 Sunshine Score points separate August (78) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #99 of 242 destinations in Canada for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,024 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around June, carries about 42% of the annual 651 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -10° / 14°F | -20° / -4°F | 21 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | -8° / 18°F | -18° / 0°F | 18 mm | 1 |
| March | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -9° / 16°F | 31 mm | 3 |
| April | 14 | 10° / 50°F | -2° / 28°F | 42 mm | 4 |
| May | 64 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 80 mm | 5 |
| June | 72 | 24° / 75°F | 12° / 54°F | 107 mm | 6 |
| July | 76 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 85 mm | 6 |
| August | 78 | 26° / 79°F | 13° / 55°F | 71 mm | 5 |
| September | 77 | 20° / 68°F | 8° / 46°F | 78 mm | 4 |
| October | 13 | 10° / 50°F | 1° / 34°F | 64 mm | 2 |
| November | 0 | 1° / 34°F | -7° / 19°F | 29 mm | 1 |
| December | 0 | -7° / 19°F | -15° / 5°F | 25 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Sioux Lookout Canada · 197 km · best in Aug · 2,060 h sun/yr
- Duluth United States · 222 km · best in Sep · 2,261 h sun/yr
- Thunder Bay Canada · 305 km · best in Aug · 1,985 h sun/yr
- Winnipeg Canada · 309 km · best in Aug · 2,491 h sun/yr
- Fargo United States · 317 km · best in Aug · 2,543 h sun/yr
- Minneapolis United States · 420 km · best in Sep · 2,337 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- International Falls United States · 10 km · 2,142 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kenora Canada · 143 km · 2,173 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Hibbing United States · 148 km · 2,154 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Thief River Falls United States · 213 km · 2,527 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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