Photo: K Danko · CC BY-SA 3.0Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Northern Bruce Peninsula, with about 385 cm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.3°C. January is the wettest month, March the driest. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 80% of Canadian towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 20–24°C.
Borrowed figures: Northern Bruce Peninsula has no normals station, so these come from Wiarton, 38 km south-east.
A year in Northern Bruce Peninsula at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Northern Bruce Peninsula’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Northern Bruce Peninsula feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 148 days, 20°C on 102
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 6 nights a year the air falls below −20°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 1,074 mm a year
About 147 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
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
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Northern Bruce Peninsula
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Northern Bruce Peninsula’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 12 May to about 10 October, some 151 days in a normal year.
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 →The wind chill passes −20 on about 24 days in a normal year.
The humidex tops 30 on about 36 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Northern Bruce Peninsula: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Wiarton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Wiarton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 38 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 222 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.2°C |
| Average wind | 13.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Killarney, 106 km |
How Northern Bruce Peninsula 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 Northern Bruce Peninsula’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Northern Bruce Peninsula with figures are 74–92 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Bruce Peninsula Wiarton | 24.3°C | −9.9°C | 1,074 mm |
| Meaford 74 km · Collingwood | 25.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −8.7°C 1.2°C milder | 1,074 mm |
| Assiginack 88 km · Killarney | 22.4°C 1.9°C cooler | −12.9°C 3.0°C colder | 912 mm |
| Kincardine 90 km · Goderich | 24.4°C about the same | −7.8°C 2.1°C milder | 1,074 mm |
Northern Bruce Peninsula weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.2°C | −9.9°C | −6.1°C | 111 mm | 111 cm |
| February | −1.7°C | −10.2°C | −6.0°C | 77 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 2.7°C | −6.2°C | −1.8°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | 0.1°C | 5.0°C | 84 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 5.5°C | 11.2°C | 82 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 21.8°C | 10.5°C | 16.2°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.3°C | 13.6°C | 18.9°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 13.1°C | 18.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 9.5°C | 14.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.6°C | 8.9°C | 110 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 6.5°C | −0.5°C | 3.0°C | 110 mm | 48 cm |
| December | 1.0°C | −5.3°C | −2.2°C | 104 mm | 92 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,074 mm | 385 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.0°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −30.5°C in 2003 to 27.2°C in 2012.
Where Northern Bruce Peninsula’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Wiarton, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Northern Bruce Peninsula’s climate
How warm does Northern Bruce Peninsula get in summer?
Highs reach 24.3°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Northern Bruce Peninsula get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −10.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Northern Bruce Peninsula get?
Precipitation totals 1,074 mm a year, with January the wettest month (111 mm) and March the driest (66 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 112 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Northern Bruce Peninsula itself?
Not directly: Northern Bruce Peninsula has no ECCC normals of its own, and Wiarton stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Northern Bruce Peninsula →
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).