Summers, winters, rain and snow in Idlewood all run close to those of most Canadian towns
July afternoons reach 26.6°C on a typical day and January nights drop to −10.3°C; 851 mm of rain and melted snow falls in a year. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 115 times a year.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Kitchener/Waterloo location, 4.2 km east.
A year in Idlewood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Idlewood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Idlewood feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
156 frost days and 122 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 7 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 851 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Kitchener/Waterloo normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 69 km away.
Heating a home in Idlewood
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. Homes here need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Idlewood’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Gardens get from about 8 May to 5 October without frost, around 149 days in all.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Idlewood’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 4.2 km east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 69 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, 23 km |
How Idlewood 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 Idlewood whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 13 km from Idlewood.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idlewood Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 13 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Idlewood 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 | −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 |
From −29.4°C to 26.5°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 3.1°C around its normal of −5.9°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Idlewood’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: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Idlewood’s climate
How warm does Idlewood get in summer?
Expect highs near 26.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Idlewood get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −10.3°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Idlewood get?
Rain and snow add up to about 851 mm of water a year; July brings the most (96 mm), February the least (46 mm).
Are these figures for Idlewood itself?
They are the normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, measured just outside Idlewood itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Idlewood →
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).