Melancthon has milder winter nights than 81% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 25.3°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 34°C. Its yearly rain and snow fall short of 65% of Canadian towns. Expect about 131 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
These are not Melancthon’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Collingwood, 39 km north.
A year in Melancthon at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Melancthon’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Melancthon feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 131 frosts and 111 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 10 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
793 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February. Some 115 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Collingwood publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Egbert, 42 km away.
Snowfall: about 174 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 42 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Melancthon
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. Homes here need less heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Melancthon’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 18 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
A humidex above 30 marks about 46 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Melancthon’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Collingwood
Collingwood is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 39 km north |
| Station altitude | 178 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Egbert, 42 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 | Egbert, 42 km |
How Melancthon 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 Melancthon’s own would show the same figures).
Melancthon 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 | 55 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −8.4°C | −4.5°C | 45 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 3.7°C | −4.4°C | −0.3°C | 48 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 10.1°C | 1.2°C | 5.6°C | 62 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 7.2°C | 12.2°C | 74 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 12.7°C | 17.6°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 16.2°C | 20.8°C | 78 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 | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.3°C | 10.3°C | 65 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 7.6°C | 0.8°C | 4.2°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 1.6°C | −4.7°C | −1.6°C | 58 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 12.2°C | 3.8°C | 8.0°C | 793 mm | 174 cm |
March: −26.7°C at its coldest, 27.0°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.8°C around −5.0°C) and August least (1.1°C).
Where Melancthon’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Collingwood (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Melancthon’s climate
How warm does Melancthon get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.3°C.
How cold does Melancthon get in winter?
Overnight lows average −8.7°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Melancthon get?
The year adds up to 793 mm. June is the peak month (83 mm) and February the low one (45 mm).
Are these figures for Melancthon itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Collingwood, outside Melancthon.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Melancthon →
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).