Photo: Balcer · CC BY 2.5Summers, winters, rain and snow in Shelburne all run close to those of most Canadian towns
July afternoons reach 26.0°C on a typical day and January nights drop to −11.3°C; 793 mm of rain and melted snow falls in a year. Counting rain and snow together, it is drier than 65% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 37°C apart. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 115 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Shelburne is Egbert, 37 km north-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Shelburne at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Shelburne’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Shelburne feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
155 frost days and 114 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 9 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 793 mm a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 174 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Shelburne
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 65% of Canadian towns.
Living with Shelburne’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 16 May to 5 October without frost, around 141 days in all.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Expect around 26 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Summer brings about 49 days when the humidex passes 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Shelburne’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Egbert
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Egbert are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 37 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 251 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 11.3 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Mount Forest, 46 km |
How Shelburne 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Shelburne’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelburne Egbert | 26.0°C | −11.3°C | 793 mm |
| Melancthon 10 km · Collingwood | 25.3°C 0.7°C cooler | −8.7°C 2.6°C milder | 793 mm |
| Amaranth 10 km · Elora | 25.4°C 0.6°C cooler | −10.7°C 0.6°C milder | 1,035 mm |
| Mulmur 16 km · Egbert | 26.0°C about the same | −11.3°C about the same | 793 mm |
Shelburne weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.9°C | −11.3°C | −7.2°C | 55 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −2.0°C | −10.8°C | −6.4°C | 45 mm | 33 cm |
| March | 3.2°C | −5.9°C | −1.3°C | 48 mm | 26 cm |
| April | 10.9°C | 0.3°C | 5.6°C | 62 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 6.2°C | 12.3°C | 74 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.2°C | 20.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.3°C | 19.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.5°C | 15.3°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 4.1°C | 8.9°C | 65 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 6.4°C | −1.1°C | 2.7°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| December | 0.3°C | −6.6°C | −3.2°C | 58 mm | 42 cm |
| Year | 11.9°C | 2.0°C | 7.0°C | 793 mm | 174 cm |
From −29.0°C to 26.5°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −7.2°C) and August least (1.2°C).
Where Shelburne’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Egbert, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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 Shelburne’s climate
How warm does Shelburne get in summer?
Afternoons average 26.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Shelburne get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −11.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Shelburne get?
Rain and snow add up to about 793 mm of water a year; June brings the most (83 mm), February the least (45 mm).
Are these figures for Shelburne itself?
Not as such: Egbert is the nearest normals location, and Shelburne has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Shelburne →
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).