Average annual temperature is 5.2 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 30.2 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -31.7 °C
Number of sunny days: 126 days
Number of rainy days: 171 days
Number of snow days: 68 days
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* Weather data for Lerwick Canada is based on climate observations for 2026 year
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absolute maximum temperature (°C) | 3.2 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 16.2 | 28.9 | 30.1 | 30.2 | 23.1 | 27.7 | 22.5 | 8.3 | 12.1 |
| Average daytime temperature (°C) | -3.2 | -5.8 | 1.1 | 8.8 | 15.7 | 19.4 | 25.3 | 20.3 | 20.4 | 13.9 | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| Average temperature (°C) | -7.2 | -11.3 | -3.1 | 3.2 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 9.6 | -1.8 | -3.3 |
| Average night temperature (°C) | -11.0 | -16.1 | -6.9 | -1.8 | 3.9 | 10.4 | 16.3 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 6.2 | -5.0 | -6.5 |
| Absolute minimum temperature (°C) | -23.6 | -31.7 | -16.8 | -11.6 | -1.1 | 4.0 | 11.5 | 8.2 | 3.3 | -4.3 | -11.6 | -16.7 |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight maximum duration (h) | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 |
| Daylight mean duration (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.9 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| Daylight minimum duration (h) | 8.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| Sunshine mean duration (h) | 3.2 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 8.3 | 9.8 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 140 | 44 | 62 | 54 | 93 | 138 | 153 | 183 | 120 | 86 | 61 | 112 |
| Sunny days | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 18 |
| Rainy days | 9 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 8 | 6 |
| Snow days | 13 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 |
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