Barrie Snowfall Totals & Snowstorm Averages

How Often it Snows in Barrie

This first table lists monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches).

Average total snowfall and days with fresh snow in Barrie

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
12.4	January	26.0	66
10.0	February	18.1	46
6.8	March	11.4	29
1.5	April	2.2	6
0.5	October	0.9	2
4.5	November	9.0	23
9.6	December	20.2	51
45.5	Year	87.8	223

When Barrie Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for Barrie usually arrives in November, but can show up as early as October.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in March or April, although in some years a late snow lands in May.

Barrie is normally free of snow every year from June to September.

How Many Snowstorms Barrie Gets

Most days of snowfall in Barrie leave less than five centimetres (2 inches) of fresh snow on the ground. For 17 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least five cm.

Big snowstorms of over ten cm a day normally occur six times a year. But major blizzards that dump 25 cm or more in one day are rare events that don't happen every year. Storms this severe are most likely to appear in February.

Number of days per month and year on average in Barrie with a total snowfall of at least 5, 10 or 20 centimetres

	5 cm 2.0 inches	10 cm 3.9 inches	25 cm 9.8 inches
January	5.0	1.8	0.1
February	3.4	1.0	0.2
March	2.2	0.6	0.0
April	0.4	0.1	0.0
October	0.2	0.0	0.0
November	1.6	0.5	0.1
December	3.8	1.6	0.1
Year	16.5	5.7	0.4

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Barrie

For about 101 days a year, Barrie has at least a centimetre of snow on the ground. In mid-winter the snowpack averages around 17 cm deep.

Generally the snow cover begins to build in November. Snow mainly accumulates in Barrie during December and January. Deep snow lingers through February. Melting occurs in March and by early April the snow is mostly gone.

Average total days per month and year in Barrie with snow depth of at least 1, 5, 10 or 20 cm on the ground

1 cm 0.4 inches	5 cm 2.0 inches		10 cm 3.9 inches	20 cm 7.9 inches
27.8	24.6	January	18.9	10.0
24.6	22.4	February	18.1	9.1
17.8	13.5	March	8.8	4.2
2.7	1.7	April	0.8	0.1
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
6.2	4.2	November	2.1	0.6
21.5	16.8	December	10.6	3.7
100.6	83.2	Year	59.2	27.6