Barrie climate — normals and trends
Barrie (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 873 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (20.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-7.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Barrie averages 142 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.
Barrie has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 150 to 134 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 1 July 2018) and the coldest -32.3 °C (on 14 February 2016).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
BarrieOntario
- coords
- 44.40°, -79.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.8°C
Average daily high
11.1°C
Average daily low
2.6°C
Annual rainfall
873mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
18.6km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
142 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
140 d/yr
Annual snowfall
129.8 cm
Average feels-like high
8.7 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.7 °C
Average peak gust
39.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.7 °C
1 July 2018
Coldest day
-32.3 °C
14 February 2016
Wettest day
93 mm
15 October 1954
Windiest day
49.3 km/h
29 June 1957
Strongest gust
103.0 km/h
6 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
39.9 °C
16 June 1994
Coldest feels-like
-37.4 °C
14 February 2016
Snowiest day
29.8 cm
25 February 1965
Sunniest day
15.0 h
16 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -4.4 °C | -0.7 °C | 56 mm | -2 mm |
| Feb | -4.1 °C | -1.3 °C | 79 mm | +29 mm |
| Mar | 5.6 °C | +3.2 °C | 89 mm | +26 mm |
| Apr | 10.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 64 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 102 mm | +22 mm |
| Jun | 24.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 93 mm | +12 mm |
| Jul | 26.9 °C | +1.9 °C | 45 mm | -37 mm |
| Aug | 24.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 59 mm | -27 mm |
| Sep | 21.8 °C | +1.8 °C | 61 mm | -19 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 68 mm | -11 mm |
| Nov | 4.8 °C | -1.1 °C | 82 mm | +5 mm |
| Dec | -1.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 83 mm | +14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Barrie?
Barrie has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.8 °C and it receives 873 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Barrie?
The hottest day measured in Barrie between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 2018, reaching 35.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Barrie?
The coldest day measured in Barrie between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2016, at -32.3 °C.
Does it snow in Barrie?
Yes. Barrie gets on average 129.8 cm of snow per year and has around 142 frost days.
Has the climate of Barrie warmed?
Yes: Barrie warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Barrie?
The wettest day measured in Barrie between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Barrie?
The windiest day measured in Barrie between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1957, with winds reaching 49.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Barrie?
The warmest month in Barrie is July (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-7.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Barrie?
Barrie receives on average 873 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Barrie?
Barrie gets on average 8.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,066 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Barrie?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Barrie between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1965, with 29.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Barrie?
Yes: Barrie has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Barrie?
In Barrie, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 16 June 1994, and the lowest was -37.4 °C on 14 February 2016.
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