This is true of both average temperatures and extremes. In comparison, Winnipeg's is 38.9 and Vancouver's is 14.8. Incursions of moist, mild Atlantic air are frequent. The lowest Newfoundland temperature on record is -41.1C, set at Woodale Bishop's Falls on February 4, 1975. Spring comes rather slowly and is short.
Summer is also short and cool.
The glacial Labrador Current holds July average temperatures in coastal areas around 14C, but inland averages may climb over 16C. Sunny summer days in Newfoundland, however, are among the most delightful anywhere in Canada. With afternoon highs in the low twenties, they are warm enough to be comfortable and yet cool enough to permit vigorous activity. Summer 1987 was especially pleasant across central Newfoundland. Record high sunshine, scanty rainfall, and seasonable temperatures pleased most residents and tourists. The highest temperature ever recorded on the island is 36.7, occuring at Botwood, northeast of Grand Falls, on August 22, 1976.