Photo: J. S. (Steve) Bond · CC BY-SA 4.0Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Morris-Turnberry, with about 385 cm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −7.8°C. In January, nights here are milder than in 83% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in March. About 140 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Borrowed figures: Morris-Turnberry has no normals station, so these come from Goderich, 38 km west.
A year in Morris-Turnberry at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Morris-Turnberry’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Morris-Turnberry feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 134 frosts and 109 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 4 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,035 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Goderich publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Mount Forest, 43 km away.
385 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 111 cm. The snowiest of 854 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Goderich normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Wiarton, 99 km away.
Heating a home in Morris-Turnberry
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Morris-Turnberry’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 17 days in a normal year.
Roughly 44 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Morris-Turnberry’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Goderich
ECCC builds the Goderich normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 38 km west |
| Station altitude | 214 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Mount Forest, 43 km |
| Snowfall from | Wiarton, 99 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 16.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Mount Forest, 43 km |
How Morris-Turnberry 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 Morris-Turnberry’s would only repeat its figures. Morris-Turnberry has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 13 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morris-Turnberry Goderich | 24.4°C | −7.8°C | 1,035 mm |
| Howick 13 km · Mount Forest | 25.1°C 0.7°C warmer | −10.9°C 3.1°C colder | 1,035 mm |
Morris-Turnberry 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 | −1.3°C | −7.8°C | −4.6°C | 92 mm | 111 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −8.0°C | −4.3°C | 73 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 3.8°C | −4.4°C | −0.3°C | 68 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 74 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 7.1°C | 12.3°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 12.4°C | 17.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 14.8°C | 19.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 14.5°C | 19.3°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 11.2°C | 16.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.2°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 7.3°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| December | 1.7°C | −3.9°C | −1.1°C | 90 mm | 92 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 3.7°C | 7.9°C | 1,035 mm | 385 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 3.0°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −25.5°C (2003) and 25.1°C (2012).
Where Morris-Turnberry’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Goderich, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Morris-Turnberry’s climate
How warm does Morris-Turnberry get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.4°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Morris-Turnberry get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −8.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Morris-Turnberry get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,035 mm a year; June leads with 100 mm and March trails with 68 mm.
Are these figures for Morris-Turnberry itself?
Not quite: they come from Goderich, the closest ECCC normals location to Morris-Turnberry.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Morris-Turnberry →
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