Photo: Municipal Affairs and Housing · CC BY 2.0Summers, winters, rain and snow in Orangeville all run close to those of most Canadian towns
January nights average −10.7°C, July afternoons 25.4°C, and a year brings 793 mm of rain and melted snow. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 65% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 36°C across the year, low to high. Frost comes on about 156 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Borrowed figures: Orangeville has no normals station, so these come from Elora, 39 km south-west.
A year in Orangeville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Orangeville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Orangeville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 156 frosts and 116 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 8 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
793 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February. About 115 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Egbert, 44 km away (Elora records no complete year of either).
Snowfall: about 174 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 42 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Orangeville
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Orangeville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →On some 27 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
The humidex tops 30 on about 44 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Orangeville’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Elora
ECCC builds the Elora normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 39 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 376 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Egbert, 44 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.8°C |
| Average wind | 14.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Egbert, 44 km |
How Orangeville 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 Orangeville’s would only repeat its figures. Orangeville has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–30 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orangeville Elora | 25.4°C | −10.7°C | 793 mm |
| Mono 6.9 km · Egbert | 26.0°C 0.6°C warmer | −11.3°C 0.6°C colder | 793 mm |
| Bolton 26 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C 2.0°C warmer | −8.9°C 1.8°C milder | 807 mm |
| Melancthon 30 km · Collingwood | 25.3°C about the same | −8.7°C 2.0°C milder | 793 mm |
Orangeville weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −3.1°C | −10.7°C | −6.9°C | 55 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −2.4°C | −11.0°C | −6.7°C | 45 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −6.0°C | −1.5°C | 48 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 10.9°C | 0.3°C | 5.6°C | 62 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.3°C | 6.3°C | 12.3°C | 74 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.2°C | 11.4°C | 17.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.4°C | 13.5°C | 19.5°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 12.6°C | 18.6°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 8.9°C | 15.0°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.4°C | 3.4°C | 8.5°C | 65 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 6.2°C | −1.5°C | 2.4°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 0.0°C | −6.3°C | −3.3°C | 58 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.8°C | 6.7°C | 793 mm | 174 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −27.5°C to 26.4°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −6.7°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Orangeville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Elora, 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: 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 Orangeville’s climate
How warm does Orangeville get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.4°C.
How cold does Orangeville get in winter?
Lows sink to −11.0°C on an average February night.
How much rain and snow does Orangeville get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 793 mm a year; June leads with 83 mm and February trails with 45 mm.
Are these figures for Orangeville itself?
No, they come from Elora; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Orangeville itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Orangeville →
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).