Photo: JustSomePics · CC0Wingham sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 385 cm a year
Midsummer highs settle at about 24.4°C. Its January nights stay gentler than in 83% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 32°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 140 times a year.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Wingham is Goderich, 35 km west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Wingham at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wingham’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Wingham feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 134 days, 20°C on 109
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 4 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,035 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and March the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Mount Forest, 47 km away (Goderich records no complete year of it).
About 385 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 111 cm. The snowiest of 854 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Goderich publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Wiarton, 97 km away.
Heating a home in Wingham
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Wingham’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 17 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Expect around 44 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Wingham: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Goderich
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Goderich are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 35 km west |
| Station altitude | 214 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Mount Forest, 47 km |
| Snowfall from | Wiarton, 97 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 16.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Mount Forest, 47 km |
How Wingham 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
Places around Wingham whose figures come from another normals location. Wingham has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 18 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wingham Goderich | 24.4°C | −7.8°C | 1,035 mm |
| Howick 18 km · Mount Forest | 25.1°C 0.7°C warmer | −10.9°C 3.1°C colder | 1,035 mm |
Wingham 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 | −1.3°C | −7.8°C | −4.6°C | 92 mm | 111 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −8.0°C | −4.3°C | 73 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 3.8°C | −4.4°C | −0.3°C | 68 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.6°C | 1.1°C | 5.9°C | 74 mm | 18 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 7.1°C | 12.3°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 12.4°C | 17.4°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.4°C | 14.8°C | 19.6°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 14.5°C | 19.3°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 11.2°C | 16.1°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 6.0°C | 10.2°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 7.3°C | 0.8°C | 4.1°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| December | 1.7°C | −3.9°C | −1.1°C | 90 mm | 92 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 3.7°C | 7.9°C | 1,035 mm | 385 cm |
March: −25.5°C at its coldest, 25.1°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 3.0°C around −4.3°C) and August least (1.1°C).
Where Wingham’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Goderich (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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 Wingham’s climate
How warm does Wingham get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 24.4°C.
How cold does Wingham get in winter?
February nights average −8.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Wingham get?
Some 1,035 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (100 mm), the least in March (68 mm).
Are these figures for Wingham itself?
Not exactly. Wingham lacks a normals station, so Goderich supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wingham →
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).