Burk's Falls is among the snowiest of Canadian towns: about 312 cm a year
January mornings start at about −15.3°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 79% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is October; the driest is February. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 23–25°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Muskoka, 73 km south: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Burk's Falls itself.
A year in Burk's Falls at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Burk's Falls’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Burk's Falls feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 175 frosts and 109 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 27 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,062 mm a year
Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 312 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 71 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: North Bay, 83 km away (Muskoka records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Burk's Falls
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Burk's Falls’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Burk's Falls’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Muskoka
Muskoka is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 73 km south |
| Station altitude | 282 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | North Bay, 83 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.2°C |
| Average wind | 10.7 km/h |
| Next-nearest location | North Bay, 83 km |
How Burk's Falls 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 Burk's Falls’s would only repeat its figures.
Burk's Falls weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.6°C | −15.3°C | −10.0°C | 92 mm | 70 cm |
| February | −3.1°C | −15.1°C | −9.1°C | 56 mm | 63 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −9.0°C | −3.3°C | 72 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | −1.6°C | 4.4°C | 79 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 4.7°C | 11.5°C | 93 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 23.1°C | 10.1°C | 16.7°C | 86 mm | under 1 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 12.8°C | 19.1°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 11.8°C | 18.1°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 7.5°C | 13.8°C | 102 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.5°C | 2.2°C | 7.4°C | 111 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 5.1°C | −3.4°C | 0.9°C | 103 mm | 38 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −9.7°C | −5.4°C | 87 mm | 71 cm |
| Year | 11.1°C | −0.4°C | 5.3°C | 1,062 mm | 312 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.3°C; the steadiest, June
March has the widest record range, −31.9°C in 2003 to 26.7°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Burk's Falls’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Muskoka: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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 Burk's Falls’s climate
How warm does Burk's Falls get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.3°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Burk's Falls get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Burk's Falls get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,062 mm a year; October leads with 111 mm and February trails with 56 mm.
Are these figures for Burk's Falls itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Muskoka, a long way from Burk's Falls.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Burk's Falls →
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).