Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0The climate in Angus sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
About 793 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.0°C and January nights drop to −11.3°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 65% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 37°C. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Egbert, 11 km south-east.
A year in Angus at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Angus’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Angus feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 155 days, 20°C on 114
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 9 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
793 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 115 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 174 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Angus
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 65% of Canadian towns.
Living with Angus’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 16 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 5 October, ends a season of about 141 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 26 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
About 49 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Angus’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Egbert
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Egbert are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 251 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Collingwood, 36 km |
How Angus 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 Angus’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Angus with figures are 23–36 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Egbert | 26.0°C | −11.3°C | 793 mm |
| Stayner 23 km · Collingwood | 25.3°C 0.7°C cooler | −8.7°C 2.6°C milder | 793 mm |
| Oro-Medonte 34 km · Lagoon City | 24.5°C 1.5°C cooler | −12.6°C 1.3°C colder | 793 mm |
| Keswick 35 km · Udora | 26.3°C about the same | −11.7°C about the same | 883 mm |
Angus 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 | −2.9°C | −11.3°C | −7.2°C | 55 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −2.0°C | −10.8°C | −6.4°C | 45 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 3.2°C | −5.9°C | −1.3°C | 48 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 10.9°C | 0.3°C | 5.6°C | 62 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 6.2°C | 12.3°C | 74 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.2°C | 20.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.3°C | 19.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.5°C | 15.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 4.1°C | 8.9°C | 65 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 6.4°C | −1.1°C | 2.7°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 0.3°C | −6.6°C | −3.2°C | 58 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 11.9°C | 2.0°C | 7.0°C | 793 mm | 174 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.1°C of normal, against the steadier August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −29.0°C (2003) to 26.5°C (2012).
Where Angus’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Egbert from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Angus’s climate
How warm does Angus get in summer?
Afternoons average 26.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Angus get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −11.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Angus get?
Some 793 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (83 mm), the least in February (45 mm).
Are these figures for Angus itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Egbert, a location inside Angus.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Angus →
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).