Photo: Mhsheikholeslami · CC BY-SA 4.0Summers, winters, rain and snow in Campbellford all run close to those of most Canadian towns
July afternoons reach 26.5°C on a typical day and January nights drop to −11.2°C; 941 mm of rain and melted snow falls in a year. Some 38°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 68% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Campbellford has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Trenton, 32 km south-east.
A year in Campbellford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Campbellford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Campbellford feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 146 days, 20°C on 124
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
Rain and melted snow: about 941 mm a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 116 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 155 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 44 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Campbellford
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. By this count, homes here need less heating than 70% of Canadian towns.
Living with Campbellford’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 1 May and returns near 10 October, about 161 days apart.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 28 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 51 days a year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Campbellford’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trenton
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Trenton, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 32 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 86 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.6°C |
| Average wind | 12.7 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Peterborough, 43 km |
How Campbellford 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 Campbellford’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Campbellford with figures are 14–34 km away.
Campbellford 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 | −1.6°C | −11.2°C | −6.4°C | 78 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −0.7°C | −10.6°C | −5.7°C | 60 mm | 39 cm |
| March | 4.4°C | −5.5°C | −0.6°C | 64 mm | 22 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.9°C | 6.3°C | 84 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.3°C | 13.1°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.5°C | 15.4°C | 21.0°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.4°C | 20.0°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 10.1°C | 15.8°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.2°C | 4.2°C | 9.2°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 84 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 1.4°C | −6.9°C | −2.8°C | 77 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 12.8°C | 2.4°C | 7.6°C | 941 mm | 155 cm |
In March, anything from −25.6°C to 25.4°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.0°C of the normal, −6.4°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Campbellford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Trenton (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Campbellford’s climate
How warm does Campbellford get in summer?
Afternoons average 26.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Campbellford get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −11.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Campbellford get?
Count on roughly 941 mm a year, heaviest in September (92 mm) and lightest in February (60 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 75 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Campbellford itself?
No, they come from Trenton; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Campbellford itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Campbellford →
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).