Photo: JustSomePics · CC BY-SA 4.0Meaford sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 385 cm a year
January mornings start at about −8.7°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 34°C. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 81% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 21–25°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Meaford itself; the figures are those of Collingwood, 37 km east.
A year in Meaford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Meaford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Meaford feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
131 frost days and 111 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. About 10 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
1,074 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in January, the least in March. About 147 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Wiarton, 38 km away (Collingwood records no complete year of either).
Snowfall: about 385 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 111 cm in January, the snowiest month. The snowiest of 854 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Meaford
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Meaford’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 18 days a year.
The humidex tops 30 on about 46 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Meaford’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Collingwood
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Collingwood, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 37 km east |
| Station altitude | 178 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Wiarton, 38 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −29.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 12.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Wiarton, 38 km |
How Meaford 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 Meaford’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Meaford with figures is 21 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meaford Collingwood | 25.3°C | −8.7°C | 1,074 mm |
| Owen Sound 21 km · Wiarton | 24.3°C 1.0°C cooler | −9.9°C 1.2°C colder | 1,074 mm |
Meaford weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.3°C | −8.7°C | −5.0°C | 111 mm | 111 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −8.4°C | −4.5°C | 77 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 3.7°C | −4.4°C | −0.3°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | 1.2°C | 5.6°C | 84 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 7.2°C | 12.2°C | 82 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 12.7°C | 17.6°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 16.2°C | 20.8°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.9°C | 15.7°C | 20.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 12.0°C | 16.7°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.3°C | 10.3°C | 110 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | 0.8°C | 4.2°C | 110 mm | 48 cm |
| December | 1.6°C | −4.7°C | −1.6°C | 104 mm | 92 cm |
| Year | 12.2°C | 3.8°C | 8.0°C | 1,074 mm | 385 cm |
A March here can run from −26.7°C to 27.0°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 (±2.8°C around −5.0°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Meaford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Collingwood, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Meaford’s climate
How warm does Meaford get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.3°C.
How cold does Meaford get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −8.7°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Meaford get?
Count on roughly 1,074 mm a year, heaviest in January (111 mm) and lightest in March (66 mm).
Are these figures for Meaford itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Collingwood, outside Meaford.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Meaford →
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).