Driftwood, Ontario Weather
Driftwood, Ontario — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Driftwood in Cochrane.
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About Driftwood, Ontario
Driftwood is a locality in Cochrane, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Driftwood is located at 49.1414°N, 81.3828°W. It observes Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4). Postal code area: P0N.
Driftwood sits low and quiet against the North Driftwood River, where the dark, insistent current carries the scent of damp earth and crushed spruce needles. It lies 23.3 km south-east of Smooth Rock Falls, ON (from Smooth Rock Falls, ON: bearing 131°T), and is situated 23.5 km west of Cochrane. The air here holds a persistent, cooling clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the surrounding boreal woods. Within this expanse, Bower Lake rests in a hollow of grey stone and moss less than a kilometer from the riverbank, its surface mirroring the vast, pale sky of the north. To the east, the sprawling greens of Greenwater Provincial Park offer a sanctuary of deep, undisturbed pine, while the distant, rushing energy of Charpentier Falls pulses like a hidden heartbeat against the silence of the terrain. History in Driftwood clings to the rhythm of the seasons and the stubborn persistence of those who worked the rugged clay soil. The local economy relies on the steady pulse of forestry and the quiet yield of northern agriculture, trades that demand a patient understanding of the frost and the thaw. Life in Driftwood moves with the deliberate pace of a long winter, where the warmth of a woodstove becomes the true center of the household as the light fades into a bruised, indigo dusk. Men and women here share a heritage shaped by the resilience of the land, finding value in the solitude that the northern wilderness provides. Even as the modern world shifts, the daily habits of Driftwood stay rooted in the necessity of the river and the vast, quiet endurance of the woods.
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| Location | Driftwood, Cochrane, Ontario |
| Coordinates | 49.141389°N, 81.382778°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4) |
| Postal FSA | P0N |
| Area Code | 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Driftwood, Ontario Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Driftwood, Ontario, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Driftwood includes coordinates 49.141389°N, 81.382778°W, situated in Cochrane. Postal FSA: P0N. Telephone area code: 226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905. Timezone: Eastern Time (UTC−5 / −4).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 and is public domain.