Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0Summer arrives in force in Wainfleet, hotter than in 83% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −8.0°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 35°C apart. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 83% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Wainfleet itself; the figures are those of Welland-Pelham, 14 km north-east.
A year in Wainfleet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wainfleet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Wainfleet feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 134 frosts and 129 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. About 10 days a year top 30°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 967 mm a year
September is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 128 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 141 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 44 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Wainfleet
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. That means homes here need less heating than 87% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wainfleet’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 6 May to 14 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 160 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Wainfleet’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Welland-Pelham
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Welland-Pelham are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 14 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 175 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Vineland, 28 km |
How Wainfleet compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Wainfleet’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 23–33 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Wainfleet.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wainfleet Welland-Pelham | 26.8°C | −8.0°C | 967 mm |
| Smithville 23 km · Vineland | 27.1°C about the same | −6.8°C 1.2°C milder | 838 mm |
| Fort Erie 33 km · Fort Erie | 26.0°C 0.8°C cooler | −7.5°C 0.5°C milder | 1,056 mm |
Wainfleet weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.1°C | −8.0°C | −4.1°C | 82 mm | 44 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −8.2°C | −3.8°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 5.4°C | −4.0°C | 0.7°C | 70 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 12.5°C | 1.6°C | 7.1°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.7°C | 7.8°C | 13.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.5°C | 19.0°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.8°C | 16.2°C | 21.5°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.1°C | 15.4°C | 20.7°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.4°C | 11.5°C | 17.0°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.4°C | 5.7°C | 10.6°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.6°C | 0.4°C | 4.5°C | 84 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 3.0°C | −4.2°C | −0.7°C | 82 mm | 32 cm |
| Year | 13.7°C | 4.0°C | 8.9°C | 967 mm | 141 cm |
In February, anything from −31.9°C to 20.5°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −3.8°C; June keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Wainfleet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Welland-Pelham, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Wainfleet’s climate
How warm does Wainfleet get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.8°C.
How cold does Wainfleet get in winter?
A typical February night falls to −8.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Wainfleet get?
Precipitation totals 967 mm a year, with September the wettest month (96 mm) and February the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for Wainfleet itself?
They are borrowed from Welland-Pelham, the nearest place to Wainfleet where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wainfleet →
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).