Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Frost comes to Mitchell less often than to 75% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. Temperatures cover 36°C across the year, low to high. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. From June to September, highs of 22–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Mitchell has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from London, 49 km south.
A year in Mitchell at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mitchell’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Mitchell 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
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 11 days a year.
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
The most falls in September, the least in February. Some 128 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
152 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 43 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Strathroy-Mullifarry, 69 km away (London records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Mitchell
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 79% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mitchell’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 3 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 16 October, about 165 days later.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 18 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 55 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Mitchell: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: London
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for London are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 49 km south |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 69 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 | Goderich, 53 km |
How Mitchell 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 Mitchell’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 19–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Mitchell.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell London | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 962 mm |
| Seaforth 19 km · Goderich | 24.4°C 2.2°C cooler | −7.8°C 1.3°C milder | 1,035 mm |
| Perth East 21 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C 1.6°C colder | 851 mm |
| Exeter 30 km · Strathroy-Mullifarry | 27.3°C 0.7°C warmer | −8.5°C 0.6°C milder | 966 mm |
Mitchell weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −25.6°C to 27.2°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.0°C of its normal of −4.8°C; June keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Mitchell’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for London, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Mitchell’s climate
How warm does Mitchell get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Mitchell get in winter?
Expect nights around −9.1°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Mitchell get?
Precipitation totals 962 mm a year, with September the wettest month (93 mm) and February the driest (63 mm).
Are these figures for Mitchell itself?
Not as such: London is the nearest normals location, and Mitchell has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mitchell →
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).