Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Alpine sits near the middle of Canadian towns
About 851 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.6°C and January nights drop to −10.3°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 37°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 70% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 156 days a year at 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo (9.1 km north-east).
A year in Alpine at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Alpine’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Alpine feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 156 frosts and 122 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 7 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
July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 115 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Kitchener/Waterloo normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 74 km away.
Heating a home in Alpine
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Alpine’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 8 May until frost returns near 5 October: about 149 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Alpine’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 9.1 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 74 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Elora, 26 km |
How Alpine 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Alpine’s own would show the same figures). Alpine has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 15 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 15 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Alpine weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.3°C | −10.3°C | −6.3°C | 66 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.9°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −5.6°C | −0.8°C | 57 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.1°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.2°C | 12.6°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 11.5°C | 17.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 13.7°C | 20.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 3.4°C | 8.8°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.8°C | −1.6°C | 2.6°C | 75 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −6.3°C | −2.8°C | 55 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.2°C | 851 mm | 115 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −29.4°C (2003) and 26.5°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Alpine’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Kitchener/Waterloo, its nearest location with complete 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Alpine’s climate
How warm does Alpine get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Alpine get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Alpine get?
July is the wettest month at 96 mm and February the driest at 46 mm, for 851 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Alpine itself?
They are the normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, measured just outside Alpine itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Alpine →
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).