In Norwood, July heat, January cold and precipitation all sit near the middle of Canadian towns
About 840 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.6°C and January nights drop to −12.8°C. Temperatures cover 39°C across the year, low to high. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Norwood has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Peterborough, 35 km south-west, instead.
A year in Norwood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Norwood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Norwood feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 169 frosts and 121 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 15 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 840 mm of rain and snow a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 158 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Norwood
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Norwood’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 16 May and returns near 24 September, about 130 days apart.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 29 days a year here.
Plan shade and water for about 54 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Norwood’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Peterborough
Peterborough is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 35 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 191 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.2°C |
| Average wind | 10.6 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Trenton, 46 km |
How Norwood 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
Places around Norwood whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood Peterborough | 26.6°C | −12.8°C | 840 mm |
| Havelock 11 km · Trenton | 26.5°C about the same | −11.2°C 1.6°C milder | 941 mm |
| Douro-Dummer 16 km · Peterborough | 26.6°C about the same | −12.8°C about the same | 840 mm |
Norwood weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.6°C | −12.8°C | −7.6°C | 67 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −1.8°C | −12.8°C | −7.3°C | 42 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −7.1°C | −1.5°C | 54 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | −0.3°C | 5.7°C | 73 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 5.6°C | 12.5°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 10.7°C | 17.4°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 12.8°C | 19.7°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 11.7°C | 18.6°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 7.3°C | 14.4°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.9°C | 2.0°C | 8.0°C | 75 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −2.9°C | 1.9°C | 76 mm | 17 cm |
| December | 0.4°C | −8.3°C | −3.9°C | 64 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 12.4°C | 0.5°C | 6.5°C | 840 mm | 158 cm |
March has run from −31.4°C to 26.0°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.3°C around its normal of −7.6°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Norwood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Peterborough, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Norwood’s climate
How warm does Norwood get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 26.6°C.
How cold does Norwood get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −12.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Norwood get?
Measured as water, a year brings 840 mm: 88 mm in June, the wettest month, and 42 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 99 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Norwood itself?
Not quite: they come from Peterborough, the closest ECCC normals location to Norwood.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Norwood →
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).