Kitchener – Waterloo Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below monthly and annually for the cities, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 10, 20 or 30 °C each month in Kitchener – Waterloo, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with frost and cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1981 to 2010 weather.
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
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28 | 13 | January | -2 | -11 |
29 | 12 | February | -2 | -11 |
39 | 22 | March | 4 | -6 |
52 | 31 | April | 11 | -1 |
68 | 45 | May | 20 | 7 |
75 | 52 | June | 24 | 11 |
82 | 57 | July | 28 | 14 |
79 | 55 | August | 26 | 13 |
72 | 48 | September | 22 | 9 |
58 | 39 | October | 15 | 4 |
44 | 28 | November | 7 | -2 |
34 | 22 | December | 1 | -6 |
55 | 35 | Year | 13 | 2 |
High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
---|---|---|---|---|
27 | 13 | January | -3 | -10 |
30 | 15 | February | -1 | -10 |
38 | 22 | March | 4 | -6 |
53 | 33 | April | 11 | 1 |
65 | 44 | May | 18 | 6 |
74 | 53 | June | 24 | 12 |
79 | 57 | July | 26 | 14 |
77 | 55 | August | 25 | 13 |
69 | 48 | September | 20 | 9 |
56 | 37 | October | 14 | 3 |
43 | 30 | November | 6 | -1 |
32 | 20 | December | 0 | -7 |
54 | 36 | Year | 12 | 2 |
Days of Hot Weather in Kitchener – Waterloo
The Kitchener – Waterloo region normally has eight days a year with temperatures in the low 30s Celsius. Just once every three years, a day heats up above 35 degrees Celsius (95 °F). The 30-degree weather typically shows up here during June, July and August, and occasionally in May or September.
10 °C 50 °F |
20 °C 68 °F |
30 °C 86 °F | |
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January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
February | 1 | 0 | 0 |
March | 5 | 0 | 0 |
April | 17 | 3 | 0 |
May | 29 | 12 | 0 |
June | 30 | 23 | 2 |
July | 31 | 30 | 4 |
August | 31 | 28 | 2 |
September | 30 | 16 | 0 |
October | 23 | 4 | 0 |
November | 7 | 0 | 0 |
December | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Year | 205 | 116 | 8 |
When Kitchener – Waterloo Has Frosty Weather
Kitchener – Waterloo typically has 158 days a year when the minimum temperature is at 0 °C or below. The average date for the last frost in spring is May 6. Frost normally returns here on October 2. The frost-free period extends for 147 days on average between the final spring frost and the first fall frost.
0 °C 32 °F | |
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January | 30 |
February | 26 |
March | 27 |
April | 15 |
May | 2 |
June | 0 |
July | 0 |
August | 0 |
September | 1 |
October | 9 |
November | 20 |
December | 28 |
Year | 158 |
How Often Kitchener – Waterloo Has Cold Temperatures
The chilliest winter nights at Kitchener – Waterloo have lows in the minus-twenties Celsius. The region averages six nights a year, most often in January, when the thermometer drops that low. The temperature can get down to -30 °C (-22 °F), but weather that cold is extremely rare here.
From November to April, it can remain below freezing here all day long. Kitchener – Waterloo typically has 64 frosty days a year.
-2 °C 28 °F |
-10 °C 14 °F |
-20 °C -4 °F | |
---|---|---|---|
January | 27 | 15 | 3 |
February | 24 | 13 | 2 |
March | 22 | 7 | 0 |
April | 8 | 0 | 0 |
May | 0 | 0 | 0 |
June | 0 | 0 | 0 |
July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
September | 0 | 0 | 0 |
October | 4 | 0 | 0 |
November | 13 | 1 | 0 |
December | 23 | 9 | 1 |
Year | 121 | 45 | 6 |
References
Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.