Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Howick sits near the middle of Canadian towns
About 1,035 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 25.1°C and January nights drop to −10.9°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 70% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and March the least. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
No ECCC station in Howick has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Mount Forest, 30 km east, instead.
A year in Howick at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Howick’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Howick feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 158 frosts and 111 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 8 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,035 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 140 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
385 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 111 cm. The snowiest of 854 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Mount Forest normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Wiarton, 97 km away.
Heating a home in Howick
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing.
Living with Howick’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 →Plan for about 25 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Count on some 36 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Howick: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Mount Forest
Mount Forest is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 30 km east |
| Station altitude | 404 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Wiarton, 97 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Average wind | 10.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Goderich, 51 km |
How Howick 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 Howick’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howick Mount Forest | 25.1°C | −10.9°C | 1,035 mm |
| Morris-Turnberry 13 km · Goderich | 24.4°C 0.7°C cooler | −7.8°C 3.1°C milder | 1,035 mm |
| Palmerston 19 km · Mount Forest | 25.1°C about the same | −10.9°C about the same | 1,035 mm |
Howick weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.3°C | −10.9°C | −7.1°C | 92 mm | 111 cm |
| February | −2.6°C | −11.1°C | −6.9°C | 73 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.5°C | −2.0°C | 68 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.2°C | −0.2°C | 5.0°C | 74 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 6.4°C | 12.0°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.7°C | 17.3°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.6°C | 19.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.1°C | 18.7°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 9.6°C | 15.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 4.1°C | 8.5°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −1.5°C | 2.0°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| December | −0.5°C | −6.7°C | −3.6°C | 90 mm | 92 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 1.8°C | 6.5°C | 1,035 mm | 385 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 3.1°C; the steadiest, June
March has the widest record range, −32.5°C in 2003 to 25.7°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Howick’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Mount Forest, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Howick’s climate
How warm does Howick get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Howick get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −11.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Howick get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,035 mm: 100 mm in June, the wettest month, and 68 mm in March, the driest.
Are these figures for Howick itself?
No, they come from Mount Forest; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Howick itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Howick →
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).