Ontario Snowfall Averages for January

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and towns and parks in Ontario.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.

The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) this month. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.

Eastern Ontario

January snowfall averages
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
12	Belleville	14.5	36.8
12	Cornwall	18.6	47.2
13	Kingston	15.5	39.5
14	Ottawa	17.4	44.3
16	Pembroke	20.0	50.9

Central Ontario

Total amount of snow in January on average
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
12	Barrie	26.0	65.9
7	Brantford	10.7	27.1
13	French River, Chaudiere Dam	23.4	59.4
10	Hamilton	12.8	32.4
14	Huntsville	29.4	74.6
15	Midland	32.7	83.1
14	Niagara Falls	14.6	37.0
9	Oshawa	14.0	35.6
10	Peterborough	14.6	37.0
12	St Catharines	15.2	38.6
12	Toronto	14.6	37.2

Southwestern Ontario

Average total snowfall in January
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
8	Chatham-Kent	12.3	31.1
13	Guelph	15.2	38.6
15	London	19.4	49.3
17	Owen Sound	39.8	101.0
9	Point Pelee National Park	12.0	30.5
11	Sarnia	12.2	31.0
16	Waterloo	17.2	43.7
12	Windsor	14.6	37.2

Northeastern Ontario

Average January snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
17	Chapleau	21.9	55.6
18	Gore Bay	27.5	69.7
18	Kapuskasing	21.8	55.5
15	Moosonee	15.7	39.9
18	North Bay	25.7	65.3
19	Sault Ste Marie	31.6	80.2
14	South Baymouth	25.6	65.0
17	Sudbury	23.4	59.5
18	Timmins	22.8	57.8
17	Wawa	28.4	72.1

Northwestern Ontario

January snowfall averages
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
12	Atikokan	12.8	32.5
15	Big Trout Lake	10.1	25.8
13	Dryden	11.8	30.1
8	Fort Frances	13.7	34.7
14	Kenora	11.2	28.4
15	Red Lake	14.0	35.5
13	Thunder Bay	14.4	36.5

Average Snowfall for Ontario in January

Eastern Ontario

Central Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

Northeastern Ontario

Northwestern Ontario

Reference

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