Norman Wells weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇦 Canada · small town · subarctic climate
The best time to visit Norman Wells is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with June close behind. Norman Wells averages about 2,167 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 69 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,167
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 460 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.6 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 4 (moderate)
- Population
- 1k
- Elevation
- 71 m
When is the best time to visit Norman Wells?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Norman Wells is July, then June. The dullest month is January (0/100, 24 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Norman Wells?
Norman Wells gets a moderate 2,167 hours of sunshine a year. 79 Sunshine Score points separate July (79) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #75 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 July, carries about 43% of the annual 460 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | -22° / -8°F | -27° / -17°F | 24 mm | 0 |
| February | 0 | -18° / 0°F | -25° / -13°F | 19 mm | 0 |
| March | 0 | -14° / 7°F | -23° / -9°F | 19 mm | 1 |
| April | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -10° / 14°F | 30 mm | 2 |
| May | 21 | 11° / 52°F | 2° / 36°F | 47 mm | 3 |
| June | 75 | 19° / 66°F | 10° / 50°F | 55 mm | 4 |
| July | 79 | 21° / 70°F | 12° / 54°F | 69 mm | 3 |
| August | 59 | 17° / 63°F | 9° / 48°F | 72 mm | 2 |
| September | 14 | 10° / 50°F | 3° / 37°F | 47 mm | 1 |
| October | 0 | -2° / 28°F | -7° / 19°F | 31 mm | 0 |
| November | 0 | -15° / 5°F | -20° / -4°F | 25 mm | 0 |
| December | 0 | -20° / -4°F | -25° / -13°F | 22 mm | 0 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Whitehorse Canada · 657 km · best in Jul · 1,919 h sun/yr
- Yellowknife Canada · 680 km · best in Jul · 2,150 h sun/yr
- Juneau United States · 870 km · best in Jul · 1,229 h sun/yr
- Fairbanks United States · 985 km · best in Jun · 2,066 h sun/yr
- Fort Saint John Canada · 1,057 km · best in Aug · 2,300 h sun/yr
- Ketchikan United States · 1,136 km · best in Jul · 1,127 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tulita Canada · 71 km · 2,236 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Good Hope Canada · 136 km · 2,309 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Déline Canada · 157 km · 2,243 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Colville Lake Canada · 196 km · 2,283 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Fort Mcpherson Canada · 430 km · 2,135 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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