Photo: MikeStnly · CC BY-SA 4.0Snowy winters: about 278 cm a year in Minden Hills, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.3°C. No month is much wetter than another: November, the wettest, gets little more than February, the driest. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 81% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Minden Hills has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Haliburton, 17 km north-east.
A year in Minden Hills at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Minden Hills’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Minden Hills feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
187 frost days and 111 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 29 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,106 mm of precipitation in a typical year
5th wettest of 871 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario. On about 147 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 278 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 67 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Minden Hills
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up.
Living with Minden Hills’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 31 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 18 September, about 108 days later.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Minden Hills’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Haliburton
Haliburton is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 330 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Muskoka, 48 km |
How Minden Hills 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 Minden Hills’s would only repeat its figures. Minden Hills has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 43–50 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minden Hills Haliburton | 25.3°C | −16.0°C | 1,106 mm |
| Trent Lakes 43 km · Peterborough | 26.6°C 1.3°C warmer | −12.8°C 3.2°C milder | 840 mm |
| Lake of Bays 49 km · Muskoka | 25.3°C about the same | −15.3°C 0.7°C milder | 1,062 mm |
Minden Hills 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 | −4.2°C | −16.0°C | −10.1°C | 98 mm | 67 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −15.4°C | −8.9°C | 71 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −9.9°C | −3.4°C | 76 mm | 36 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | −2.2°C | 4.0°C | 87 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 4.5°C | 11.5°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23.1°C | 10.0°C | 16.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 12.2°C | 18.8°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.4°C | 11.5°C | 18.0°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.3°C | 7.7°C | 14.0°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.7°C | 2.1°C | 7.5°C | 102 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 5.1°C | −3.7°C | 0.7°C | 103 mm | 33 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −10.4°C | −5.7°C | 95 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | −0.8°C | 5.2°C | 1,106 mm | 278 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.4°C; June the least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −34.5°C (2003) to 26.5°C (2012).
Where Minden Hills’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Haliburton: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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 Minden Hills’s climate
How warm does Minden Hills get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.3°C.
How cold does Minden Hills get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Minden Hills get?
Count on roughly 1,106 mm a year, heaviest in November (103 mm) and lightest in February (71 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 135 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Minden Hills itself?
No, the station behind them is Haliburton, beyond Minden Hills’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Minden Hills →
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).