Whitby climate — normals and trends
Whitby (Canada) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 900 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 (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-6.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Whitby averages 140 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 129 rainy days per year.
Whitby 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 148 to 132 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 21 July 2011) and the coldest -34.5 °C (on 25 December 1980).
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
WhitbyOntario
- coords
- 43.88°, -78.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.4°C
Average daily high
11.8°C
Average daily low
2.8°C
Annual rainfall
900mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
18.9km/h
Seasonal range
27.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
140 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
8 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
129 d/yr
Annual snowfall
112.3 cm
Average feels-like high
9.4 °C
Average feels-like low
-0.5 °C
Average peak gust
40.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
7 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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
36.7 °C
21 July 2011
Coldest day
-34.5 °C
25 December 1980
Wettest day
76 mm
15 October 1954
Windiest day
48.3 km/h
6 April 1985
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
6 April 1985
Hottest feels-like
40.0 °C
21 July 2011
Coldest feels-like
-39.4 °C
25 December 1980
Snowiest day
24.5 cm
17 January 2022
Sunniest day
15.0 h
17 June 2020
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 | -3.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 37 mm | -23 mm |
| Feb | -2.7 °C | -0.9 °C | 73 mm | +19 mm |
| Mar | 6.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 88 mm | +21 mm |
| Apr | 11.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 68 mm | -12 mm |
| May | 17.3 °C | -0.5 °C | 91 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 24.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 58 mm | -28 mm |
| Jul | 27.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 47 mm | -38 mm |
| Aug | 25.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 63 mm | -19 mm |
| Sep | 22.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 44 mm | -36 mm |
| Oct | 15.3 °C | +1.6 °C | 79 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 5.5 °C | -1.0 °C | 61 mm | -14 mm |
| Dec | -0.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 98 mm | +29 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Whitby?
Whitby has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.4 °C and it receives 900 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Whitby?
The hottest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 2011, reaching 36.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Whitby?
The coldest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1980, at -34.5 °C.
Does it snow in Whitby?
Yes. Whitby gets on average 112.3 cm of snow per year and has around 140 frost days.
Has the climate of Whitby warmed?
Yes: Whitby warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Whitby?
The wettest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1954, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Whitby?
The windiest day measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1985, with winds reaching 48.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Whitby?
The warmest month in Whitby is July (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-6.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Whitby?
Whitby receives on average 900 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 129 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Whitby?
Whitby gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Whitby?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Whitby between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 2022, with 24.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Whitby?
Yes: Whitby has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Whitby?
In Whitby, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 21 July 2011, and the lowest was -39.4 °C on 25 December 1980.
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