Wednesday Morning’s Weather Briefing — October 28, 2026
Good Wednesday Morning!
- A cold start to the day! Temperatures are near or just below the freezing mark across much of the Island, and with a brisk west-northwest wind, it feels like -5° to -9° in many spots.
- Labrador is looking at temperatures of -1° to -3°, with wind chills near -10°!
- A mostly dry day, with a mix of sun and cloud and highs of only 3° to 7° across Newfoundland.
- Breezy again, with west-northwest winds of 25 to 50 km/h, strongest on the Bonavista Peninsula, the Burin and along the South Coast.
- A slow warm-up starts tomorrow, with highs of 7° to 10° Thursday and low teens in the east on Friday.
- In Labrador, a few snow showers this morning in Lab West and Churchill Falls, with highs of 0° to 4°, and more snow moving into Lab West late tonight and Thursday.
Bundle up before you head out the door this morning! Just after 5:30 AM, it was 1° in St. John’s, Corner Brook, Bonavista and Twillingate, -0.4° in Gander and -2° in St. Anthony. With the wind, it felt like -5° in St. John’s and Corner Brook, -6° in Bonavista, -7° in Gander and -9° in St. Anthony. In Labrador, it was -3° in Lab West and Churchill Falls and -2° in Cartwright, where it felt like -10°.
Yesterday’s graupel and flurries are behind us, and today looks mostly dry. A few snow showers are possible this morning around Deer Lake and over the higher terrain of the Long Range Mountains, but otherwise it’s a mix of sun and cloud, with cloud increasing in central and western Newfoundland this afternoon. It’s still a chilly one, with highs of only 3° to 7° and a brisk west-northwest wind of 25 to 50 km/h, so it’ll feel colder than that, especially on the Bonavista Peninsula, the Burin Peninsula and along the South Coast.
Labrador will see highs near or above freezing today, under partly to mostly cloudy skies. There will be a few flurries here and there.
This is the bottom of the cool-down. Temperatures stay near or a bit above the freezing mark tonight, then start to climb, with highs of 7° to 10° on Thursday and into the low teens in eastern and central Newfoundland on Friday, before rain moves into the West Coast late Friday.
Eastern Newfoundland / the Avalon: A mix of sun and cloud. Highs of 3° to 6°, coolest in St. John’s. West-northwest winds 25 to 50 km/h on the Northeast Avalon, 15 to 30 km/h elsewhere. A few clouds tonight, with lows of 1° to 3°. Partly cloudy around Clarenville and Terra Nova, becoming cloudy this afternoon, with a high near 5°. Cloudy and windy on the Bonavista Peninsula, with west-northwest winds 30 to 50 km/h and a high near 4°. Lows near 1° tonight.
Central: A mix of sun and cloud this morning in Gander, the Exploits Valley and Notre Dame Bay, becoming cloudy this afternoon. Highs of 4° to 5°, with west-northwest winds 15 to 40 km/h. Cloudy tonight, with lows of 0° to 2°.
West Coast: Mostly cloudy, with a few snow showers this morning around Deer Lake. Highs of 4° to 5°. West-northwest winds 15 to 40 km/h, strongest in the Bay St. George area. Cloudy tonight, with lows of 2° to 4°, and a slight chance of a shower near Gros Morne.
South Coast: Partly cloudy and windy on the Burin and the Connaigre Peninsula, with west-northwest winds 30 to 50 km/h and highs of 6° to 7°. Clouds increasing in Burgeo, with a high near 6°, and a mix of sun and cloud in Bay d’Espoir. Cloudy tonight, with lows of 0° to 4°.
Southwest / PAB: Windy with a mix of sun and cloud, and a high near 6° in Port aux Basques. Northwest winds 30 to 50 km/h, staying gusty this evening, with a low near 4°. Northwest winds don’t usually cause trouble at Wreckhouse, but you can always check the Wreckhouse Wind Gauge before you travel.
GNP and the Straits: Cloudy and windy, with west-northwest winds 25 to 50 km/h and highs of 4° to 5°. Partly cloudy tonight, with lows of 0° to 2°.
Labrador / the Big Land: A few snow showers this morning in Lab West and Churchill Falls, otherwise cloudy, with highs near 0°. Snow showers develop again late tonight in Lab West, with lows near -3°, and snow becomes steadier and may accumulate on Thursday. Cloudy in Goose Bay, with a high near 4°. Windy along the North Coast, with west-northwest winds of 40 to 55 km/h in Hopedale and a few flurries possible around Postville and Makkovik, with highs near 3°. Windy this morning in Cartwright, then cloudy along the southeast coast, with highs of 3° to 4°. Lows of -3° to 0° tonight.
Looking ahead: It warms up Thursday and Friday, with highs in the low teens in the east on Friday, but rain moves into the West Coast late Friday. A cold front then sets up a chilly Halloween on Saturday, with a few showers or flurries around for the trick-or-treaters and temperatures of 1° to 6° on the Island around 7 PM, and below freezing in Labrador. And don’t forget, the clocks fall back one hour at 2 AM Sunday!
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