Photo: Saskia2586 · CC BY-SA 3.0Summers, winters, rain and snow in Elmira all run close to those of most Canadian towns
A typical year brings 851 mm of rain and melted snow, with July afternoons around 25.4°C and January nights around −10.7°C. By January nights alone, it runs milder than 64% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Elmira has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Elora, 14 km north-east.
A year in Elmira at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elmira’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Elmira feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 156 days, 20°C on 116
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 8 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 851 mm a year
About 115 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Kitchener/Waterloo, 15 km away (Elora records no complete year of it).
115 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 32 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 73 km away (Elora records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Elmira
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Elmira’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 27 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 44 a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Elmira’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Elora
Elora is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 376 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Kitchener/Waterloo, 15 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 73 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.8°C |
| Average wind | 14.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Kitchener/Waterloo, 15 km |
How Elmira compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Elmira’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmira Elora | 25.4°C | −10.7°C | 851 mm |
| Bridgeport North 6.6 km · Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C 1.2°C warmer | −10.3°C about the same | 851 mm |
Elmira weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.1°C | −10.7°C | −6.9°C | 66 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −2.4°C | −11.0°C | −6.7°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −6.0°C | −1.5°C | 57 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 10.9°C | 0.3°C | 5.6°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 6.3°C | 12.3°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.4°C | 17.3°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 13.5°C | 19.5°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 12.6°C | 18.6°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 8.9°C | 15.0°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.4°C | 3.4°C | 8.5°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.2°C | −1.5°C | 2.4°C | 75 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 0.0°C | −6.3°C | −3.3°C | 55 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.8°C | 6.7°C | 851 mm | 115 cm |
A March here can run from −27.5°C to 26.4°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.1°C of the normal, −6.7°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Elmira’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Elora, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Elmira’s climate
How warm does Elmira get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.4°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Elmira get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −11.0°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Elmira get?
851 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (96 mm); the driest, February (46 mm).
Are these figures for Elmira itself?
They come from Elora, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Elmira.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elmira →
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).