Photo: Rick Harris from Toronto, Ontario, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Uxbridge sits near the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −11.7°C and a July afternoon reaches 26.3°C; 883 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. June is the wettest month, March the driest. Its July heat outdoes that of 63% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 159 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at Udora (17 km north).
A year in Uxbridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Uxbridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Uxbridge feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
159 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 10 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
Rain and melted snow: about 883 mm a year
Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 167 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 42 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Uxbridge
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Uxbridge’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 →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Uxbridge’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Udora
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Udora.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north |
| Station altitude | 262 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Oshawa, 30 km |
How Uxbridge 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 Uxbridge’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uxbridge Udora | 26.3°C | −11.7°C | 883 mm |
| Port Perry 18 km · Oshawa | 25.7°C 0.6°C cooler | −8.9°C 2.8°C milder | 906 mm |
| Stouffville 18 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C 1.0°C warmer | −10.1°C 1.6°C milder | 862 mm |
Uxbridge 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 | −11.7°C | −7.2°C | 67 mm | 42 cm |
| February | −1.8°C | −11.2°C | −6.5°C | 51 mm | 36 cm |
| March | 3.9°C | −6.1°C | −1.0°C | 50 mm | 21 cm |
| April | 11.4°C | 0.2°C | 5.8°C | 69 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.5°C | 12.8°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.0°C | 11.8°C | 17.9°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.3°C | 14.2°C | 20.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 13.4°C | 19.5°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.5°C | 9.7°C | 15.6°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.7°C | 4.2°C | 9.0°C | 78 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 6.5°C | −1.5°C | 2.5°C | 73 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 0.1°C | −7.1°C | −3.5°C | 64 mm | 40 cm |
| Year | 12.2°C | 1.9°C | 7.1°C | 883 mm | 167 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.0°C, more than any month, and June least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −33.0°C (2003) and 27.0°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Uxbridge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Udora, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Uxbridge’s climate
How warm does Uxbridge get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.3°C.
How cold does Uxbridge get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −11.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Uxbridge get?
Some 883 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (103 mm), the least in March (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 98 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Uxbridge itself?
Yes. Udora, where ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals were measured, lies within Uxbridge.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Uxbridge →
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).