Photo: Laslovarga · CC BY-SA 4.0Weather without surprises: Puslinch keeps close to the norm for Canadian towns
July afternoons reach 26.6°C on a typical day and January nights drop to −10.3°C; 851 mm of rain and melted snow falls in a year. Some 37°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. About 115 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Puslinch is Kitchener/Waterloo, 18 km west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Puslinch at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Puslinch’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Puslinch feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 156 frosts and 122 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 7 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
851 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Kitchener/Waterloo publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 49 km away.
Heating a home in Puslinch
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Puslinch’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Count on about 149 frost-free days: the last frost averages 8 May, the first 5 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Puslinch’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
Kitchener/Waterloo is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 18 km west |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 49 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Elora, 29 km |
How Puslinch 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 Puslinch whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puslinch Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Guelph 9.9 km · Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C about the same | −10.3°C about the same | 851 mm |
| Rockwood 13 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
| Freelton 15 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.1°C cooler | −6.3°C 4.0°C milder | 902 mm |
Puslinch 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 | −2.3°C | −10.3°C | −6.3°C | 66 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.9°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −5.6°C | −0.8°C | 57 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.1°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.2°C | 12.6°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 11.5°C | 17.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 13.7°C | 20.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 3.4°C | 8.8°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.8°C | −1.6°C | 2.6°C | 75 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −6.3°C | −2.8°C | 55 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.2°C | 851 mm | 115 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 3.1°C, more than any month, and June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −29.4°C in 2003 and a high of 26.5°C in 2012.
Where Puslinch’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Kitchener/Waterloo, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Puslinch’s climate
How warm does Puslinch get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Puslinch get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Puslinch get?
The year adds up to 851 mm. July is the peak month (96 mm) and February the low one (46 mm).
Are these figures for Puslinch itself?
Not as such: Kitchener/Waterloo is the nearest normals location, and Puslinch has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Puslinch →
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).