Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0A middle-of-the-road climate: Listowel is close to most Canadian towns on every count
July afternoons reach 25.1°C on a typical day and January nights drop to −10.9°C; 1,035 mm of rain and melted snow falls in a year. Seasons differ by 36°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 70% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 158 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Listowel is Mount Forest, 32 km north-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Listowel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Listowel’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Listowel feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 158 days, 20°C on 111
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 8 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
1,035 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and March the driest. Some 140 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Listowel
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Listowel’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
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 →Plan for about 25 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
About 36 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Listowel’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Mount Forest
Mount Forest is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 32 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 404 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Average wind | 10.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Elora, 44 km |
How Listowel 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Listowel’s would only repeat its figures. Listowel has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 24–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listowel Mount Forest | 25.1°C | −10.9°C | 1,035 mm |
| Drayton 24 km · Elora | 25.4°C about the same | −10.7°C about the same | 1,035 mm |
| Morris-Turnberry 28 km · Goderich | 24.4°C 0.7°C cooler | −7.8°C 3.1°C milder | 1,035 mm |
Listowel weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.3°C | −10.9°C | −7.1°C | 92 mm |
| February | −2.6°C | −11.1°C | −6.9°C | 73 mm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.5°C | −2.0°C | 68 mm |
| April | 10.2°C | −0.2°C | 5.0°C | 74 mm |
| May | 17.7°C | 6.4°C | 12.0°C | 98 mm |
| June | 22.8°C | 11.7°C | 17.3°C | 100 mm |
| July | 25.1°C | 13.6°C | 19.4°C | 98 mm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.1°C | 18.7°C | 84 mm |
| September | 20.5°C | 9.6°C | 15.1°C | 85 mm |
| October | 13.0°C | 4.1°C | 8.5°C | 81 mm |
| November | 5.5°C | −1.5°C | 2.0°C | 92 mm |
| December | −0.5°C | −6.7°C | −3.6°C | 90 mm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 1.8°C | 6.5°C | 1,035 mm |
From −32.5°C to 25.7°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 −6.9°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Listowel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Mount Forest, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Listowel’s climate
How warm does Listowel get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Listowel get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −11.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Listowel get?
Around 1,035 mm a year in all, from 100 mm in June down to 68 mm in March.
Are these figures for Listowel itself?
No, the station behind them is Mount Forest, beyond Listowel’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Listowel →
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).