Frosty mornings in Oakridge are scarcer than in 75% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.6°C on average. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 70% of Canadian towns. Some 36°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. About 128 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for London (15 km north-east).
A year in Oakridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oakridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Oakridge feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 139 frosts and 128 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. About 11 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 962 mm of rain and snow a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
152 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 43 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
London publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Strathroy-Mullifarry, 27 km away.
Heating a home in Oakridge
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 79% of Canadian towns.
Living with Oakridge’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 3 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 16 October, ends a season of about 165 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 18 days a year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 55 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Oakridge’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: London
ECCC builds the London normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −29.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 27 km |
How Oakridge 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Oakridge’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 18 km from Oakridge.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakridge London | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 962 mm |
| Oneida 41 18 km · Strathroy-Mullifarry | 27.3°C 0.7°C warmer | −8.5°C 0.6°C milder | 966 mm |
Oakridge 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 | −1.6°C | −9.1°C | −5.4°C | 79 mm | 43 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.0°C | −4.8°C | 63 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −4.5°C | 0.1°C | 67 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 12.2°C | 1.4°C | 6.8°C | 89 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 13.2°C | 18.8°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.3°C | 21.0°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 14.4°C | 20.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.5°C | 16.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.7°C | 5.0°C | 9.9°C | 83 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.5°C | −0.3°C | 3.6°C | 88 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 1.4°C | −5.2°C | −2.0°C | 79 mm | 37 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.2°C | 962 mm | 152 cm |
March: −25.6°C at its coldest, 27.2°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 3.0°C from −4.8°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Oakridge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for London, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Oakridge’s climate
How warm does Oakridge get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Oakridge get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −9.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Oakridge get?
Measured as water, a year brings 962 mm: 93 mm in September, the wettest month, and 63 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Oakridge itself?
Almost: ECCC’s London location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Oakridge.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Oakridge →
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).