Climate guideThirty-year normals for Barrie
Barrie climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May · Jul–Aug
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing28°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation899 mm114 wet days a year
44.40° N, 79.67° WElevation 269 mUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goBarrie · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul–Aug
October: high / low13° / 4°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Barrie has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb): warm summers, cold winters and precipitation in every season.
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25° and nights 15°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -4° and lows of -11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 28°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 899 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (77 mm, 11 wet days) and February the driest (59 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in July to 57% in January.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Barrie is 1.4° cooler on a July afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · July
- Coldest nights
- -11° · January
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 31 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 52 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | -4° | -3° | 3° | 10° | 18° | 23° | 25° | 25° | 21° | 13° | 6° | 0° |
| Average low | -11° | -11° | -6° | 0° | 6° | 12° | 15° | 14° | 10° | 4° | -1° | -7° |
| Precipitation | 67 mm | 59 mm | 57 mm | 65 mm | 79 mm | 85 mm | 80 mm | 84 mm | 89 mm | 77 mm | 83 mm | 74 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 8.8 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 7.7 | 11 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 9.5 | 10.8 |
| Cloud cover | 57% | 50% | 45% | 43% | 40% | 35% | 29% | 31% | 37% | 43% | 53% | 57% |
| Daylight | 9h 13 | 10h 28 | 11h 53 | 13h 27 | 14h 47 | 15h 31 | 15h 13 | 14h 03 | 12h 33 | 11h 02 | 9h 37 | 8h 52 |
| Month score | 26 | 34 | 34 | 32 | 77 | 72 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 43 | 26 | 21 |
ivMonth by month
Barrie in every month
January26
-4° / -11°
67 mm · 8.8 wet days
February34
-3° / -11°
59 mm · 6.8 wet days
March34
3° / -6°
57 mm · 7.7 wet days
April32
10° / 0°
65 mm · 9.5 wet days
May77
18° / 6°
79 mm · 7.7 wet days
June72
23° / 12°
85 mm · 11 wet days
July74
25° / 15°
80 mm · 10.5 wet days
August74
25° / 14°
84 mm · 10.8 wet days
September74
21° / 10°
89 mm · 9.8 wet days
October43
13° / 4°
77 mm · 11.2 wet days
November26
6° / -1°
83 mm · 9.5 wet days
December21
0° / -7°
74 mm · 10.8 wet days