Photo: Loozrboy from Toronto, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Nights stay kind in Point Edward each January, milder than in 83% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.5°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 65% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 35°C. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 113 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Point Edward is Sarnia, 7.9 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Point Edward at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Point Edward’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Point Edward feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 131 days, 20°C on 124
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 15 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
871 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 112 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 34 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Point Edward
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Point Edward’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 14 days with a wind chill below −20.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Point Edward’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sarnia
ECCC builds the Sarnia normals from 4 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 7.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 181 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 62 km |
How Point Edward 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
Places around Point Edward whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 43–49 km from Point Edward.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Edward Sarnia | 26.5°C | −8.2°C | 871 mm |
| Watford 43 km · Strathroy-Mullifarry | 27.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −8.5°C about the same | 966 mm |
| Dawn-Euphemia 44 km · Ridgetown | 27.2°C 0.7°C warmer | −8.2°C about the same | 903 mm |
| Walpole Island 46 49 km · Windsor Riverside | 29.2°C 2.7°C warmer | −6.3°C 1.9°C milder | 935 mm |
Point Edward weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.9°C | −8.2°C | −4.6°C | 57 mm | 34 cm |
| February | 0.0°C | −7.9°C | −4.0°C | 48 mm | 20 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.7°C | 0.6°C | 57 mm | 22 cm |
| April | 11.9°C | 1.5°C | 6.7°C | 79 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 18.7°C | 7.4°C | 13.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 13.0°C | 18.6°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.5°C | 16.0°C | 21.3°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 15.3°C | 20.4°C | 71 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.2°C | 11.3°C | 16.7°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.4°C | 6.0°C | 10.7°C | 78 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.0°C | 0.4°C | 4.2°C | 80 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 2.1°C | −4.4°C | −1.2°C | 60 mm | 25 cm |
| Year | 13.2°C | 3.9°C | 8.5°C | 871 mm | 112 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.9°C; the steadiest month is June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −22.3°C in 2003 to 27.9°C in 2012.
Where Point Edward’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Sarnia (the closest location with all twelve months of 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 Point Edward’s climate
How warm does Point Edward get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.5°C.
How cold does Point Edward get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −8.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Point Edward get?
Some 871 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (93 mm), the least in February (48 mm).
Are these figures for Point Edward itself?
They describe Sarnia, the nearest normals location, rather than Point Edward itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Point Edward →
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).