Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Lindsay sits near the middle of Canadian towns
About 840 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.6°C and January nights drop to −12.8°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 70% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 39°C. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to August, with highs of 24–27°C.
Lindsay has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Peterborough, 36 km south-east.
A year in Lindsay at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lindsay’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Lindsay feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 169 days, 20°C on 121
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 15 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 840 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 114 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 158 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 45 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Lindsay
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Lindsay’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 130 days, roughly 16 May to 24 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 29 days with a wind chill below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 54 days a year.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Lindsay’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peterborough
ECCC builds the Peterborough normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 36 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 191 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.2°C |
| Average wind | 10.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Udora, 39 km |
How Lindsay 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 Lindsay’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 32–48 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Lindsay.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Peterborough | 26.6°C | −12.8°C | 840 mm |
| Beaverton 32 km · Udora | 26.3°C about the same | −11.7°C 1.1°C milder | 883 mm |
| Port Perry 36 km · Oshawa | 25.7°C 0.9°C cooler | −8.9°C 3.9°C milder | 906 mm |
| Ramara 47 km · Lagoon City | 24.5°C 2.1°C cooler | −12.6°C about the same | 1,062 mm |
Lindsay weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.6°C | −12.8°C | −7.6°C | 67 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −1.8°C | −12.8°C | −7.3°C | 42 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −7.1°C | −1.5°C | 54 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | −0.3°C | 5.7°C | 73 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 5.6°C | 12.5°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 10.7°C | 17.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 12.8°C | 19.7°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 11.7°C | 18.6°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 7.3°C | 14.4°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 2.0°C | 8.0°C | 75 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −2.9°C | 1.9°C | 76 mm | 17 cm |
| December | 0.4°C | −8.3°C | −3.9°C | 64 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 12.4°C | 0.5°C | 6.5°C | 840 mm | 158 cm |
In March, anything from −31.4°C to 26.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.3°C around −7.6°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Lindsay’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Peterborough, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lindsay’s climate
How warm does Lindsay get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Lindsay get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −12.8°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Lindsay get?
Precipitation totals 840 mm a year, with June the wettest month (88 mm) and February the driest (42 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 99 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Lindsay itself?
Not quite: they come from Peterborough, the closest ECCC normals location to Lindsay.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lindsay →
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).