Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ice rarely forms: Dutton sees fewer frosts than 84% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.2°C on average. The wettest month is May; the driest is February. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 62% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 132 times a year.
No ECCC station in Dutton has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads New Glasgow, 21 km south-west, instead.
A year in Dutton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dutton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Dutton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
129 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 6 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
927 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
91 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 28 cm). 848th snowiest of 854 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Dutton
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. A house here needs less heating than 87% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dutton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Wait until about 4 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 14 October, about 162 days later.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Dutton’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: New Glasgow
New Glasgow is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 198 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −29.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 34 km |
How Dutton 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 Dutton whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 17–30 km from Dutton.
Dutton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.6°C | −7.4°C | −4.0°C | 70 mm | 28 cm |
| February | 0.5°C | −7.0°C | −3.3°C | 56 mm | 22 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.1°C | 0.9°C | 66 mm | 13 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 2.2°C | 7.0°C | 89 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 8.6°C | 13.5°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.7°C | 14.1°C | 18.9°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.2°C | 16.4°C | 21.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 15.5°C | 20.5°C | 73 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.0°C | 12.2°C | 17.1°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.3°C | 6.6°C | 11.0°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.4°C | 1.2°C | 4.8°C | 83 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −3.6°C | −0.6°C | 72 mm | 19 cm |
| Year | 13.2°C | 4.6°C | 8.9°C | 927 mm | 91 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.9°C; June the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than February, between −29.0°C (2015) and 19.5°C (2017).
Where Dutton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for New Glasgow, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Dutton’s climate
How warm does Dutton get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 26.2°C.
How cold does Dutton get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −7.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Dutton get?
May is the wettest month at 90 mm and February the driest at 56 mm, for 927 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Dutton itself?
No, the station behind them is New Glasgow, beyond Dutton’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dutton →
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).