Photo: Ymblanter · CC BY-SA 4.0Midwinter lows in Fort Erie stay above those of 84% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.0°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 34°C. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 79% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fort Erie (2.2 km south-east).
A year in Fort Erie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fort Erie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Fort Erie feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
1,056 mm of precipitation in a typical year
September brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 140 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 186 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 54 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Fort Erie’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Fort Erie’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fort Erie
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fort Erie, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 2.2 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 180 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −27.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Welland-Pelham, 24 km |
How Fort Erie 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 Fort Erie whose figures come from another normals location. Fort Erie has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 20 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Erie | 26.0°C | −7.5°C | 1,056 mm |
| Port Colborne 20 km · Welland-Pelham | 26.8°C 0.8°C warmer | −8.0°C 0.5°C colder | 967 mm |
Fort Erie weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C | −7.5°C | −3.8°C | 91 mm | 49 cm |
| February | 1.2°C | −7.5°C | −3.3°C | 57 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −4.1°C | 0.5°C | 75 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 1.3°C | 6.5°C | 82 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.8°C | 13.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.7°C | 13.4°C | 18.6°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 16.2°C | 21.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.9°C | 15.9°C | 20.8°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.4°C | 12.2°C | 17.1°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.5°C | 6.5°C | 10.8°C | 96 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 9.1°C | 1.3°C | 5.3°C | 103 mm | 16 cm |
| December | 2.9°C | −4.1°C | −0.6°C | 99 mm | 54 cm |
| Year | 13.6°C | 4.3°C | 8.8°C | 1,056 mm | 186 cm |
From −24.0°C to 27.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.8°C around its normal of −3.8°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.2°C.
Where Fort Erie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Fort Erie from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Fort Erie’s climate
How warm does Fort Erie get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 26.0°C.
How cold does Fort Erie get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −7.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Fort Erie get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,056 mm: 114 mm in September, the wettest month, and 57 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Fort Erie itself?
They are the normals for Fort Erie, measured just outside Fort Erie itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fort Erie →
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).