Welland is a weather station located 178 m above sea level, 7 km from Welland. Its records go back to 1873: 135 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 8.4 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (7.5 °C): a difference of 0.9 °C. The warmest year of the series is 2012 (10.2 °C) and the coldest 1885 (2.7 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 17 out of 135, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.25 °C per decade. The station ranks 117 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1873
The first ten years of the series (1873–1885) average 5.2 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average 8.8 °C, a difference of +3.5 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 6 fall after 1999. The warmest is 2012 (10.2 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 8.8 °C (2019) and bottoms out at 6.6 °C (1926).
Annual rainfall since 1873
On average 1014 mm of rain falls per year over the 112 documented years. The wettest year, 1977, received 1429 mm; the driest, 1941, only 698 mm, which is 2.0 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1040 mm per year) is 33 mm (3.1 %) below the 1961–1990 one (1073 mm). Over 1991–2020, January is on average the wettest month (102 mm) and February the driest (51 mm). Between 1989 and 2009, 13 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.
Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020
The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8 °C | −4.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 90 mm | 102 mm | +12 mm |
| February | −5.4 °C | −4.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 83 mm | 51 mm | −32 mm |
| March | 0.0 °C | 0.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 86 mm | 77 mm | −9 mm |
| April | 6.3 °C | 6.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 81 mm | 89 mm | +8 mm |
| May | 12.2 °C | 13.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 78 mm | 90 mm | +12 mm |
| June | 17.2 °C | 18.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 92 mm | 85 mm | −7 mm |
| July | 20.1 °C | 20.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 74 mm | 90 mm | +16 mm |
| August | 19.2 °C | 20.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 93 mm | 84 mm | −9 mm |
| September | 15.4 °C | 16.3 °C | +0.9 °C | 93 mm | 99 mm | +6 mm |
| October | 9.5 °C | 10.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 81 mm | 95 mm | +14 mm |
| November | 4.0 °C | 4.2 °C | +0.2 °C | 100 mm | 89 mm | −11 mm |
| December | −2.5 °C | −0.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 122 mm | 89 mm | −33 mm |
The largest temperature change is in December (+1.6 °C) and the smallest in November (+0.2 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.9 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in July (+16 mm) and the smallest in December (−33 mm).
Records at Welland
- Warmest year: 10.2 °C, in 2012
- Coldest year: 2.7 °C, in 1885
- Driest year: 698 mm, in 1941
- Wettest year: 1429 mm, in 1977
- Warmest month: 23.9 °C, in July 1921
- Coldest month: −14.2 °C, in February 1885
- Wettest month: 248 mm, in September 1977
7.5 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.
Temperature trend over 1961–2020
The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.25 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.5 °C over the whole period. That is slower than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.00 °C per decade: the station ranks 117 out of 240.
Data source and licence
Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.
The data for Welland are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the annual mean temperature at Welland?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Welland is 8.4 °C. It was 7.5 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.9 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Welland?
Since records began in 1873, the warmest year at Welland is 2012, at 10.2 °C on average. The coldest is 1885 (2.7 °C).
Is the climate at Welland getting warmer?
Yes: at Welland, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.25 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.5 °C in total. 6 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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