For weather, Central Frederick is about as ordinary as Canadian towns get
January nights average −10.3°C, July afternoons 26.6°C, and a year brings 851 mm of rain and melted snow. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 22–27°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo (8.2 km east).
A year in Central Frederick at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Central Frederick’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Central Frederick feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 156 frosts and 122 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly 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
851 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 115 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Kitchener/Waterloo publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 73 km away.
Heating a home in Central Frederick
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Homes here need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Central Frederick’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 8 May to about 5 October, some 149 days in a normal year.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Central Frederick: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
ECCC builds the Kitchener/Waterloo normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 8.2 km east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 73 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, 22 km |
How Central Frederick compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Central Frederick’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Central Frederick with figures is 11 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Frederick Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 11 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Central Frederick 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 |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.1°C; June the least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −29.4°C (2003) to 26.5°C (2012).
Where Central Frederick’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Central Frederick’s climate
How warm does Central Frederick get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Central Frederick get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Central Frederick get?
Measured as water, a year brings 851 mm: 96 mm in July, the wettest month, and 46 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Central Frederick itself?
They are the normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, measured just outside Central Frederick itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Central Frederick →
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).