Photo: Patrick Tomasso impatrickt · CC0Midwinter lows in Bancroft sink below those of 81% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.7°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 81% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 43°C. Windshields need scraping on about 193 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Bancroft, 4.7 km west.
A year in Bancroft at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bancroft’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Bancroft feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 193 frosts and 115 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 34 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,106 mm a year
November is the wettest month and February the driest. 5th wettest of 871 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. Some 147 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Bancroft normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Haliburton here, 56 km away.
About 278 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 67 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Bancroft
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. That means homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bancroft’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →On some 29 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
On some 36 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Bancroft’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bancroft
Bancroft is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 4.7 km west |
| Station altitude | 331 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Haliburton, 56 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Average wind | 6.1 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Haliburton, 56 km |
How Bancroft compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Bancroft’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 35–65 km from Bancroft.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | 25.7°C | −17.1°C | 1,106 mm |
| Highlands East 35 km · Haliburton | 25.3°C about the same | −16.0°C 1.1°C milder | 1,106 mm |
| Addington Highlands 64 km · Centreville | 27.2°C 1.5°C warmer | −12.4°C 4.7°C milder | 984 mm |
| Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards 65 km · Petawawa | 26.3°C 0.6°C warmer | −17.9°C 0.8°C colder | 932 mm |
Bancroft weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.5°C | −17.1°C | −10.9°C | 98 mm | 67 cm |
| February | −2.1°C | −16.4°C | −9.3°C | 71 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 3.3°C | −10.4°C | −3.7°C | 76 mm | 36 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −3.1°C | 3.7°C | 87 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 3.3°C | 11.1°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23.1°C | 8.8°C | 16.0°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 11.0°C | 18.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 9.9°C | 17.3°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 5.9°C | 13.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.5°C | 0.9°C | 6.7°C | 102 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −4.9°C | 0.0°C | 103 mm | 33 cm |
| December | −1.6°C | −11.9°C | −6.9°C | 95 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | −2.0°C | 4.6°C | 1,106 mm | 278 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −34.2°C in 2003 to 27.1°C in 2012.
Where Bancroft’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Bancroft from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Bancroft’s climate
How warm does Bancroft get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.7°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Bancroft get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −17.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Bancroft get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,106 mm a year; November leads with 103 mm and February trails with 71 mm.
Are these figures for Bancroft itself?
Yes, from ECCC’s station within Bancroft’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bancroft →
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).