Labrador climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Labrador?

Labrador has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Labrador?

The hottest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, reaching 36.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Labrador?

The coldest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, at 9.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Labrador?

Almost never: Labrador sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Labrador warmed?

Yes: Labrador warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Labrador?

The wettest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2004, with 239 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Labrador?

The windiest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1954, with winds reaching 77.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Labrador?

The warmest month in Labrador is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Labrador?

Labrador receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Labrador?

Labrador gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Labrador (Australia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Labrador averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.

Labrador has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 5 January 1942) and the coldest 9.1 °C (on 4 July 1984).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

LabradorQueensland

coords: -27.94°, 153.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

22.0°C

Average daily low

19.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,122mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

24.1km/h

Seasonal range

7.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

129 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

22.3 °C

Average feels-like low

18.3 °C

Average peak gust

36.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

158 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.7 °C

5 January 1942

Coldest day

9.1 °C

4 July 1984

Wettest day

239 mm

24 February 2004

Windiest day

77.8 km/h

20 February 1954

Strongest gust

115.6 km/h

20 February 1954

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

23 February 2008

Coldest feels-like

2.3 °C

4 July 1984

Sunniest day

13.7 h

5 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.3 °C27 October 2025	11.1 °C3 August 2025	21.2 °C	1,621 mm	1
2024	29.0 °C22 January 2024	11.6 °C16 July 2024	21.4 °C	1,483 mm	0
2023	29.7 °C28 December 2023	12.2 °C30 June 2023	21.0 °C	774 mm	0
2022	28.8 °C1 February 2022	11.0 °C10 June 2022	20.4 °C	2,096 mm	0
2021	29.8 °C24 October 2021	11.9 °C25 August 2021	20.7 °C	1,527 mm	0
2020	29.3 °C8 December 2020	12.1 °C14 July 2020	21.0 °C	1,306 mm	0
2019	29.3 °C12 March 2019	11.7 °C15 July 2019	21.0 °C	570 mm	0
2018	30.9 °C14 January 2018	11.6 °C18 June 2018	20.9 °C	1,032 mm	1
2017	29.4 °C12 February 2017	13.0 °C20 August 2017	21.2 °C	1,070 mm	0
2016	30.4 °C2 February 2016	11.1 °C28 June 2016	21.2 °C	816 mm	1
2015	28.8 °C5 March 2015	9.6 °C17 July 2015	20.8 °C	1,242 mm	0
2014	28.9 °C4 January 2014	11.3 °C19 July 2014	20.8 °C	685 mm	0
2013	28.2 °C2 February 2013	12.3 °C21 August 2013	20.7 °C	1,345 mm	0
2012	28.5 °C4 December 2012	12.2 °C10 August 2012	20.4 °C	1,344 mm	0
2011	29.2 °C23 March 2011	10.4 °C9 July 2011	20.3 °C	1,141 mm	0
2010	28.1 °C18 January 2010	12.1 °C3 August 2010	20.8 °C	1,581 mm	0
2009	28.8 °C1 March 2009	11.0 °C11 June 2009	20.9 °C	1,202 mm	0
2008	30.8 °C23 February 2008	10.2 °C12 August 2008	20.2 °C	1,428 mm	1
2007	27.3 °C27 January 2007	10.7 °C20 June 2007	20.6 °C	750 mm	0
2006	27.9 °C3 January 2006	13.0 °C17 July 2006	20.5 °C	1,217 mm	0
2005	30.4 °C9 February 2005	11.3 °C13 August 2005	20.9 °C	986 mm	1
2004	31.3 °C21 February 2004	10.8 °C18 July 2004	20.9 °C	1,256 mm	3
2003	28.6 °C29 October 2003	10.4 °C31 July 2003	20.4 °C	1,077 mm	0
2002	29.5 °C12 January 2002	11.6 °C29 June 2002	20.8 °C	720 mm	0
2001	30.8 °C25 December 2001	11.7 °C8 July 2001	20.6 °C	1,056 mm	1
2000	29.9 °C21 January 2000	9.3 °C28 July 2000	20.1 °C	775 mm	0
1999	28.3 °C18 February 1999	11.2 °C15 August 1999	20.2 °C	1,525 mm	0
1998	29.1 °C21 February 1998	10.4 °C25 June 1998	21.2 °C	994 mm	0
1997	28.9 °C26 February 1997	10.7 °C25 August 1997	20.5 °C	795 mm	0
1996	30.0 °C1 February 1996	10.4 °C15 July 1996	20.4 °C	1,434 mm	1
1995	30.1 °C19 December 1995	11.5 °C18 June 1995	20.5 °C	950 mm	1
1994	29.6 °C7 November 1994	11.2 °C9 August 1994	20.2 °C	798 mm	0
1993	30.7 °C1 March 1993	11.4 °C5 August 1993	20.5 °C	785 mm	1
1992	28.5 °C13 February 1992	11.0 °C21 July 1992	20.3 °C	998 mm	0
1991	28.4 °C15 December 1991	10.7 °C25 July 1991	20.7 °C	874 mm	0
1990	29.7 °C4 February 1990	10.5 °C4 July 1990	20.4 °C	1,275 mm	0
1989	27.6 °C11 January 1989	10.6 °C19 July 1989	20.2 °C	1,143 mm	0
1988	27.1 °C24 January 1988	11.3 °C9 August 1988	20.7 °C	1,868 mm	0
1987	28.9 °C21 January 1987	10.6 °C23 July 1987	20.6 °C	1,011 mm	0
1986	27.6 °C1 January 1986	10.2 °C10 July 1986	20.5 °C	748 mm	0
1985	29.5 °C10 January 1985	10.5 °C6 June 1985	20.0 °C	1,119 mm	0
1984	29.3 °C12 December 1984	9.1 °C4 July 1984	20.0 °C	1,028 mm	0
1983	27.7 °C11 January 1983	10.7 °C8 July 1983	20.4 °C	1,609 mm	0
1982	29.1 °C18 February 1982	10.8 °C20 July 1982	20.2 °C	850 mm	0
1981	28.3 °C7 December 1981	11.3 °C12 July 1981	20.4 °C	1,075 mm	0
1980	28.8 °C6 February 1980	12.0 °C5 July 1980	20.8 °C	1,056 mm	0
1979	29.3 °C24 March 1979	12.4 °C27 July 1979	20.5 °C	834 mm	0
1978	28.8 °C6 February 1978	10.4 °C12 July 1978	20.2 °C	1,165 mm	0
1977	29.4 °C18 January 1977	10.0 °C2 June 1977	20.2 °C	957 mm	0
1976	28.5 °C27 December 1976	10.9 °C13 August 1976	20.2 °C	1,469 mm	0
1975	27.6 °C16 March 1975	11.7 °C13 June 1975	20.3 °C	1,322 mm	0
1974	26.9 °C20 February 1974	10.3 °C8 July 1974	19.9 °C	1,953 mm	0
1973	28.4 °C1 March 1973	10.7 °C19 August 1973	21.0 °C	1,328 mm	0
1972	28.4 °C25 December 1972	9.6 °C9 July 1972	20.0 °C	1,892 mm	0
1971	27.1 °C31 December 1971	11.7 °C25 July 1971	20.2 °C	1,263 mm	0
1970	29.1 °C12 March 1970	10.5 °C20 July 1970	20.4 °C	1,133 mm	0
1969	28.2 °C14 December 1969	11.4 °C9 September 1969	20.4 °C	924 mm	0
1968	29.3 °C19 November 1968	10.2 °C23 July 1968	20.4 °C	762 mm	0
1967	29.7 °C31 December 1967	11.3 °C2 August 1967	20.1 °C	1,599 mm	0
1966	29.2 °C15 February 1966	9.3 °C18 July 1966	20.1 °C	1,015 mm	0
1965	28.8 °C25 November 1965	10.8 °C29 July 1965	20.1 °C	989 mm	0
1964	30.8 °C14 January 1964	11.0 °C22 July 1964	20.5 °C	933 mm	1
1963	27.5 °C14 February 1963	10.1 °C10 July 1963	20.0 °C	1,228 mm	0
1962	29.0 °C11 February 1962	9.5 °C22 August 1962	20.1 °C	1,339 mm	0
1961	27.8 °C29 December 1961	10.9 °C22 June 1961	20.0 °C	1,140 mm	0
1960	29.4 °C2 February 1960	10.9 °C25 June 1960	19.8 °C	647 mm	0
1959	28.5 °C19 February 1959	10.5 °C25 July 1959	20.1 °C	1,383 mm	0
1958	29.1 °C31 October 1958	11.9 °C23 July 1958	20.7 °C	800 mm	0
1957	28.1 °C14 March 1957	11.2 °C11 July 1957	20.3 °C	623 mm	0
1956	28.1 °C10 February 1956	10.3 °C10 June 1956	20.1 °C	1,582 mm	0
1955	29.6 °C16 February 1955	11.2 °C31 July 1955	20.3 °C	1,045 mm	0
1954	27.9 °C22 February 1954	11.1 °C7 July 1954	20.0 °C	1,599 mm	0
1953	29.1 °C31 March 1953	10.9 °C17 August 1953	20.2 °C	892 mm	0
1952	30.1 °C7 December 1952	11.4 °C26 August 1952	20.4 °C	752 mm	2
1951	28.0 °C10 November 1951	9.3 °C21 July 1951	20.0 °C	611 mm	0
1950	29.5 °C19 January 1950	12.4 °C6 August 1950	20.2 °C	1,668 mm	0
1949	29.0 °C16 February 1949	11.0 °C23 June 1949	20.1 °C	900 mm	0
1948	27.2 °C26 February 1948	12.2 °C7 July 1948	20.1 °C	758 mm	0
1947	27.3 °C4 December 1947	11.1 °C25 August 1947	19.8 °C	941 mm	0
1946	29.1 °C20 February 1946	11.1 °C3 July 1946	20.2 °C	779 mm	0
1945	27.8 °C20 November 1945	11.6 °C2 August 1945	20.4 °C	792 mm	0
1944	29.1 °C20 November 1944	12.4 °C23 June 1944	20.2 °C	634 mm	0
1943	28.9 °C23 January 1943	10.8 °C13 August 1943	20.0 °C	785 mm	0
1942	36.7 °C5 January 1942	12.5 °C24 July 1942	20.1 °C	1,855 mm	1
1941	30.0 °C26 January 1941	10.0 °C8 August 1941	19.9 °C	1,357 mm	1
1940	28.5 °C28 February 1940	12.1 °C18 August 1940	20.2 °C	787 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.7 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1621 mm

+499 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.7 °C	+0.6 °C	121 mm	-8 mm
Feb	25.6 °C	+0.4 °C	53 mm	-105 mm
Mar	25.1 °C	+0.7 °C	650 mm	+511 mm
Apr	23.6 °C	+0.7 °C	146 mm	+52 mm
May	21.8 °C	+1.0 °C	160 mm	+62 mm
Jun	19.3 °C	+0.3 °C	94 mm	+12 mm
Jul	19.2 °C	+0.9 °C	34 mm	-31 mm
Aug	19.0 °C	+0.2 °C	112 mm	+64 mm
Sep	20.8 °C	+0.7 °C	10 mm	-29 mm
Oct	23.1 °C	+1.6 °C	67 mm	-11 mm
Nov	24.2 °C	+1.2 °C	140 mm	+50 mm
Dec	24.9 °C	+0.6 °C	34 mm	-68 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.3 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest day

11.1 °C

3 Aug 2025

Wettest day

146.0 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

60.7 km/h

7 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

92.2 km/h

7 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.6 °C

2 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

5 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Labrador?

Labrador has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,122 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Labrador?

The hottest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 1942, reaching 36.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Labrador?

The coldest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1984, at 9.1 °C.

Does it snow in Labrador?

Almost never: Labrador sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Labrador warmed?

Yes: Labrador warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Labrador?

The wettest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 2004, with 239 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Labrador?

The windiest day measured in Labrador between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1954, with winds reaching 77.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Labrador?

The warmest month in Labrador is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Labrador?

Labrador receives on average 1,122 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Labrador?

Labrador gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Labrador?

Yes: Labrador has on average 158 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Labrador?

In Labrador, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 23 February 2008, and the lowest was 2.3 °C on 4 July 1984.

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