Climate guideThirty-year normals for Fergus
Fergus climate by month
Warm-summer humid continental · DfbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean7°day and night
Seasonal swing27°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation988 mm154 wet days a year
43.71° N, 80.38° WElevation 400 mUTC−4 · Eastern Daylight Time
When to goFergus · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low13° / 3°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Fergus 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 26° and nights 14°. January is the coolest month, with highs of -3° and lows of -11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 27°, a large swing typical of continental interiors.
About 988 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (77 mm, 16 wet days) and February the driest (66 mm, 9 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in July to 62% in January.
Compared with Ottawa, the capital, Fergus is 0.9° cooler on a July afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · July
- Coldest nights
- -11° · January
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 15 h 26 min
- Shortest day
- 8 h 57 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 | -3° | -1° | 4° | 12° | 19° | 24° | 26° | 25° | 21° | 13° | 6° | 0° |
| Average low | -11° | -11° | -6° | 1° | 7° | 12° | 14° | 13° | 9° | 3° | -2° | -7° |
| Precipitation | 76 mm | 66 mm | 63 mm | 77 mm | 91 mm | 87 mm | 95 mm | 92 mm | 90 mm | 81 mm | 93 mm | 77 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.8 | 9.3 | 11 | 12.5 | 11 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 10.5 | 16 | 14.8 | 16.3 |
| Cloud cover | 62% | 52% | 46% | 44% | 41% | 35% | 30% | 31% | 37% | 44% | 55% | 62% |
| Daylight | 9h 17 | 10h 31 | 11h 53 | 13h 25 | 14h 43 | 15h 26 | 15h 08 | 14h 00 | 12h 32 | 11h 03 | 9h 41 | 8h 57 |
| Month score | 12 | 27 | 25 | 32 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 68 | 72 | 36 | 15 | 12 |
ivMonth by month
Fergus in every month
January12
-3° / -11°
76 mm · 13.8 wet days
February27
-1° / -11°
66 mm · 9.3 wet days
March25
4° / -6°
63 mm · 11 wet days
April32
12° / 1°
77 mm · 12.5 wet days
May69
19° / 7°
91 mm · 11 wet days
June67
24° / 12°
87 mm · 13.2 wet days
July67
26° / 14°
95 mm · 12.5 wet days
August68
25° / 13°
92 mm · 13.2 wet days
September72
21° / 9°
90 mm · 10.5 wet days
October36
13° / 3°
81 mm · 16 wet days
November15
6° / -2°
93 mm · 14.8 wet days
December12
0° / -7°
77 mm · 16.3 wet days