Photo: Boxcarphilly · CC BY 3.0Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Amaranth sits near the middle of Canadian towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 25.4°C, a January night drops to −10.7°C, and 1,035 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 70% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, March the driest. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Amaranth is Elora, 42 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Amaranth at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Amaranth’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Amaranth feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 156 days, 20°C on 116
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 8 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,035 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 140 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Elora normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Mount Forest, 43 km away.
174 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Elora publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Egbert, 43 km away.
Heating a home in Amaranth
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. A house here needs less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Amaranth’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 27 days with a wind chill below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 44 days in a normal year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Amaranth’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Elora
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Elora are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 42 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 376 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Mount Forest, 43 km |
| Snowfall from | Egbert, 43 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.8°C |
| Average wind | 14.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Mount Forest, 43 km |
How Amaranth compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Amaranth’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amaranth Elora | 25.4°C | −10.7°C | 1,035 mm |
| Shelburne 10 km · Egbert | 26.0°C 0.6°C warmer | −11.3°C 0.6°C colder | 793 mm |
| Orangeville 11 km · Elora | 25.4°C about the same | −10.7°C about the same | 793 mm |
| Melancthon 19 km · Collingwood | 25.3°C about the same | −8.7°C 2.0°C milder | 793 mm |
Amaranth weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.1°C | −10.7°C | −6.9°C | 92 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −2.4°C | −11.0°C | −6.7°C | 73 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −6.0°C | −1.5°C | 68 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 10.9°C | 0.3°C | 5.6°C | 74 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 6.3°C | 12.3°C | 98 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.4°C | 17.3°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 13.5°C | 19.5°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 12.6°C | 18.6°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 8.9°C | 15.0°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.4°C | 3.4°C | 8.5°C | 81 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 6.2°C | −1.5°C | 2.4°C | 92 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 0.0°C | −6.3°C | −3.3°C | 90 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.8°C | 6.7°C | 1,035 mm | 174 cm |
March: −27.5°C at its coldest, 26.4°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −6.7°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Amaranth’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Elora, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Amaranth’s climate
How warm does Amaranth get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.4°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Amaranth get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −11.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Amaranth get?
Some 1,035 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (100 mm), the least in March (68 mm).
Are these figures for Amaranth itself?
They are borrowed from Elora, the nearest place to Amaranth where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Amaranth →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).