Huron-Kinloss sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 385 cm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −7.8°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is March. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 83% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from November to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Huron-Kinloss has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Goderich, 33 km south, instead.
A year in Huron-Kinloss at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Huron-Kinloss’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Huron-Kinloss feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 134 days, 20°C on 109
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 4 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
1,035 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 140 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Goderich publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Mount Forest, 67 km away.
About 385 cm of snow a 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
Goderich publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Wiarton, 85 km away.
Heating a home in Huron-Kinloss
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. That means homes here need less heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Huron-Kinloss’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 17 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
A humidex above 30 marks about 44 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Huron-Kinloss’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Goderich
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Goderich are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 33 km south |
| Station altitude | 214 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Mount Forest, 67 km |
| Snowfall from | Wiarton, 85 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 16.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Mount Forest, 67 km |
How Huron-Kinloss 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Huron-Kinloss’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 32–46 km from Huron-Kinloss.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huron-Kinloss Goderich | 24.4°C | −7.8°C | 1,035 mm |
| Mildmay 32 km · Mount Forest | 25.1°C 0.7°C warmer | −10.9°C 3.1°C colder | 1,035 mm |
| Port Elgin 46 km · Wiarton | 24.3°C about the same | −9.9°C 2.1°C colder | 1,074 mm |
Huron-Kinloss weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.3°C | −7.8°C | −4.6°C | 92 mm | 111 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −8.0°C | −4.3°C | 73 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 3.8°C | −4.4°C | −0.3°C | 68 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 74 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 7.1°C | 12.3°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 12.4°C | 17.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 14.8°C | 19.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 14.5°C | 19.3°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 11.2°C | 16.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.2°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 7.3°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| December | 1.7°C | −3.9°C | −1.1°C | 90 mm | 92 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 3.7°C | 7.9°C | 1,035 mm | 385 cm |
From −25.5°C to 25.1°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 3.0°C around −4.3°C) and August least (1.1°C).
Where Huron-Kinloss’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Goderich (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Huron-Kinloss’s climate
How warm does Huron-Kinloss get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.4°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Huron-Kinloss get in winter?
February nights average −8.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Huron-Kinloss get?
Around 1,035 mm a year in all, from 100 mm in June down to 68 mm in March.
Are these figures for Huron-Kinloss itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Goderich, outside Huron-Kinloss.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Huron-Kinloss →
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).