Windsor climate — normals and trends
Windsor (Canada) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 863 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 (23.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-4.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Windsor averages 112 frost days, 15 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.
Windsor has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 126 to 98 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.2 °C (on 25 June 1988) and the coldest -27.5 °C (on 19 January 1994).
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
WindsorOntario
- coords
- 42.30°, -83.02°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
9.8°C
Average daily high
13.6°C
Average daily low
6.1°C
Annual rainfall
863mm
Sunshine / day
8.9h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
22.1km/h
Seasonal range
27.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
112 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
15 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
120 d/yr
Annual snowfall
72.3 cm
Average feels-like high
11.3 °C
Average feels-like low
2.8 °C
Average peak gust
38.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
33 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · 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
39.2 °C
25 June 1988
Coldest day
-27.5 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
75 mm
6 October 1959
Windiest day
63.4 km/h
15 March 1959
Strongest gust
105.5 km/h
22 March 1955
Hottest feels-like
43.6 °C
14 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-34.7 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
23.8 cm
1 December 1974
Sunniest day
15.0 h
4 June 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 40 mm | -20 mm |
| Feb | 0.0 °C | -0.1 °C | 56 mm | +1 mm |
| Mar | 10.3 °C | +4.9 °C | 71 mm | -0 mm |
| Apr | 14.0 °C | +1.4 °C | 87 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 18.0 °C | -1.5 °C | 100 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 26.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 103 mm | +19 mm |
| Jul | 28.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 97 mm | +21 mm |
| Aug | 25.6 °C | -0.7 °C | 30 mm | -43 mm |
| Sep | 23.9 °C | +1.7 °C | 43 mm | -23 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +2.0 °C | 61 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 8.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 44 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 1.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 81 mm | +16 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Windsor?
Windsor has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 9.8 °C and it receives 863 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Windsor?
The hottest day measured in Windsor between 1940 and 2025 was 25 June 1988, reaching 39.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Windsor?
The coldest day measured in Windsor between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -27.5 °C.
Does it snow in Windsor?
Yes. Windsor gets on average 72.3 cm of snow per year and has around 112 frost days.
Has the climate of Windsor warmed?
Yes: Windsor warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Windsor?
The wettest day measured in Windsor between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1959, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Windsor?
The windiest day measured in Windsor between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1959, with winds reaching 63.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Windsor?
The warmest month in Windsor is July (23.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (-4.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Windsor?
Windsor receives on average 863 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Windsor?
Windsor gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Windsor?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Windsor between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1974, with 23.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Windsor?
Yes: Windsor has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Windsor?
In Windsor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 14 July 1995, and the lowest was -34.7 °C on 19 January 1994.
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