Photo: Tudor Costache · CC BY-SA 3.0Frost comes to Central Elgin less often than to 75% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in September and least in February. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Central Elgin is London, 29 km north, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Central Elgin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Central Elgin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Central Elgin feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
139 frost days and 128 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 11 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 962 mm of rain and snow a year
About 128 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 152 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 43 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s London normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Strathroy-Mullifarry, 46 km away.
Heating a home in Central Elgin
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 79% of Canadian towns.
Living with Central Elgin’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
A normal year gives the garden about 165 frost-free days, roughly 3 May to 16 October.
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 →Expect around 18 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 55 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Central Elgin’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: London
ECCC builds the London normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 29 km north |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 46 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −29.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 46 km |
How Central Elgin 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
Places around Central Elgin whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Central Elgin with figures are 22–39 km away.
Central Elgin weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.6°C | −9.1°C | −5.4°C | 79 mm | 43 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.0°C | −4.8°C | 63 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −4.5°C | 0.1°C | 67 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 12.2°C | 1.4°C | 6.8°C | 89 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 13.2°C | 18.8°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.3°C | 21.0°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 14.4°C | 20.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.5°C | 16.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.7°C | 5.0°C | 9.9°C | 83 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.5°C | −0.3°C | 3.6°C | 88 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 1.4°C | −5.2°C | −2.0°C | 79 mm | 37 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.2°C | 962 mm | 152 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 3.0°C, more than any month, and June least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −25.6°C in 2003 to 27.2°C in 2012.
Where Central Elgin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at London, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Central Elgin’s climate
How warm does Central Elgin get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26.6°C.
How cold does Central Elgin get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −9.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Central Elgin get?
The year adds up to 962 mm. September is the peak month (93 mm) and February the low one (63 mm).
Are these figures for Central Elgin itself?
Not directly: Central Elgin has no ECCC normals of its own, and London stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Central Elgin →
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).