Photo: Fungus Guy · CC BY-SA 3.0For weather, Laird is about as ordinary as Canadian towns get
January nights average −14.5°C, July afternoons 24.2°C, and a year brings 915 mm of rain and melted snow. Some 39°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 69% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 19–24°C.
Laird has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Sault Ste Marie, 34 km west.
A year in Laird at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Laird’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Laird feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 175 frosts and 96 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 21 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 915 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 131 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 325 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 84 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Laird
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Laird’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 28 May until frost returns near 29 September: about 123 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 39 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 31 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Laird’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sault Ste Marie
Sault Ste Marie is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 34 km west |
| Station altitude | 192 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.3°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Gore Bay, 131 km |
How Laird 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 Laird’s would only repeat its figures. Laird has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 59 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laird Sault Ste Marie | 24.2°C | −14.5°C | 915 mm |
| Huron Shores 59 km · Gore Bay | 24.4°C about the same | −13.6°C 0.9°C milder | 915 mm |
Laird weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.0°C | −14.5°C | −9.8°C | 65 mm | 84 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −14.7°C | −9.4°C | 46 mm | 59 cm |
| March | 1.4°C | −9.6°C | −4.1°C | 52 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 8.7°C | −2.0°C | 3.4°C | 71 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 3.5°C | 9.9°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 8.5°C | 15.2°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 11.6°C | 17.9°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.7°C | 11.5°C | 17.7°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 8.0°C | 13.7°C | 109 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.7°C | 7.2°C | 111 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4.8°C | −2.5°C | 1.2°C | 89 mm | 44 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −8.6°C | −4.8°C | 70 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −0.5°C | 4.8°C | 915 mm | 325 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −34.4°C to 26.7°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.7°C of its normal of −9.4°C; August keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Laird’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Sault Ste Marie (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Laird’s climate
How warm does Laird get in summer?
Afternoons average 24.2°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Laird get in winter?
Of all twelve months, February has the coldest nights, about −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Laird get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 915 mm a year; October leads with 111 mm and February trails with 46 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 129 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Laird itself?
They come from Sault Ste Marie, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Laird.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Laird →
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).