Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0The climate in Bradford 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. A year here swings 37°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
Bradford has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Egbert, 21 km north-west.
A year in Bradford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bradford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Bradford feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
155 frost days and 114 days above 20°C a year
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
About 793 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 115 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 174 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 42 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Bradford
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 65% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bradford’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 141 frost-free days: the last frost averages 16 May, the first 5 October.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 26 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
On some 49 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Bradford’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Egbert
Egbert is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-west |
| 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 | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 32 km |
How Bradford compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Bradford’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford Egbert | 26.0°C | −11.3°C | 793 mm |
| Newmarket 11 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C 1.3°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.2°C milder | 862 mm |
| East Gwillimbury 12 km · Udora | 26.3°C about the same | −11.7°C about the same | 883 mm |
| Alliston 18 km · Egbert | 26.0°C about the same | −11.3°C about the same | 793 mm |
Bradford weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.1°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −29.0°C in 2003 to 26.5°C in 2012.
Where Bradford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Egbert: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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 Bradford’s climate
How warm does Bradford get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C.
How cold does Bradford get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −11.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Bradford get?
About 793 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (45 mm).
Are these figures for Bradford itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Egbert, outside Bradford.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bradford →
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).