Wasaga Beach climate — normals and trends
Wasaga Beach (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 928 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 (-6.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Wasaga Beach averages 136 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Wasaga Beach has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 145 to 127 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 5 July 1993) and the coldest -29.8 °C (on 12 February 1967).
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
Wasaga BeachOntario
- coords
- 44.52°, -80.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
6.9°C
Average daily high
10.4°C
Average daily low
3.3°C
Annual rainfall
928mm
Sunshine / day
8.4h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
27.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
136 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
145.1 cm
Average feels-like high
7.8 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.3 °C
Average peak gust
39.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
9 d/yr
Solar radiation
13.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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
33.6 °C
5 July 1993
Coldest day
-29.8 °C
12 February 1967
Wettest day
97 mm
15 October 1954
Windiest day
54.6 km/h
6 April 1979
Strongest gust
104.0 km/h
6 April 1979
Hottest feels-like
37.9 °C
2 August 2006
Coldest feels-like
-35.7 °C
4 January 1981
Snowiest day
30.3 cm
25 February 1965
Sunniest day
15.0 h
7 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -3.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 76 mm | +12 mm |
| Feb | -3.6 °C | -0.6 °C | 89 mm | +36 mm |
| Mar | 5.5 °C | +3.8 °C | 107 mm | +41 mm |
| Apr | 8.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 65 mm | -11 mm |
| May | 13.8 °C | -1.0 °C | 97 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 21.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 112 mm | +33 mm |
| Jul | 24.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 52 mm | -28 mm |
| Aug | 23.5 °C | 0.0 °C | 55 mm | -31 mm |
| Sep | 20.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 57 mm | -29 mm |
| Oct | 14.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 73 mm | -15 mm |
| Nov | 5.2 °C | -0.9 °C | 112 mm | +21 mm |
| Dec | -0.8 °C | -0.7 °C | 97 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Wasaga Beach?
Wasaga Beach has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 6.9 °C and it receives 928 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wasaga Beach?
The hottest day measured in Wasaga Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1993, reaching 33.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Wasaga Beach?
The coldest day measured in Wasaga Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1967, at -29.8 °C.
Does it snow in Wasaga Beach?
Yes. Wasaga Beach gets on average 145.1 cm of snow per year and has around 136 frost days.
Has the climate of Wasaga Beach warmed?
Yes: Wasaga Beach warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Wasaga Beach?
The wettest day measured in Wasaga Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Wasaga Beach?
The windiest day measured in Wasaga Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1979, with winds reaching 54.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Wasaga Beach?
The warmest month in Wasaga Beach is July (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.8 °C).
How much does it rain in Wasaga Beach?
Wasaga Beach receives on average 928 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Wasaga Beach?
Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Wasaga Beach between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 1965, with 30.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Wasaga Beach?
Yes: Wasaga Beach has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wasaga Beach?
In Wasaga Beach, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 2 August 2006, and the lowest was -35.7 °C on 4 January 1981.
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