The tables below lists monthly averages for rainfall during August at cities, towns and parks in Ontario. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each section of the province: Eastern, Central, Southwestern, Northeastern and Northwestern Ontario.
The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches). The month's rainfall numbers are averages of weather data collected during 1981 to 2010.
Eastern Ontario
Average monthly precipitation in August
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
11 |
Belleville |
3.0 |
75 |
11 |
Cornwall |
3.5 |
89 |
11 |
Kingston |
3.7 |
94 |
11 |
Ottawa |
3.3 |
84 |
13 |
Pembroke |
3.3 |
83 |
Central Ontario
August averages for total rainfall
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
12 |
Barrie |
3.5 |
90 |
10 |
Brantford |
3.0 |
75 |
10 |
French River, Chaudiere Dam |
3.1 |
79 |
11 |
Hamilton |
3.5 |
90 |
13 |
Huntsville |
3.2 |
81 |
12 |
Midland |
3.1 |
78 |
12 |
Niagara Falls |
3.1 |
78 |
11 |
Oshawa |
3.0 |
77 |
12 |
Peterborough |
3.8 |
96 |
10 |
St Catharines |
2.8 |
70 |
10 |
Toronto |
3.2 |
81 |
Southwestern Ontario
Average amount of rain in August
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
10 |
Chatham-Kent |
3.1 |
79 |
13 |
Guelph |
3.7 |
93 |
10 |
London |
3.3 |
83 |
12 |
Owen Sound |
3.1 |
79 |
10 |
Point Pelee National Park |
3.4 |
86 |
10 |
Sarnia |
3.1 |
79 |
11 |
Waterloo |
3.3 |
84 |
10 |
Windsor |
2.9 |
73 |
Northeastern Ontario
Precipitation totals for August
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
15 |
Chapleau |
3.0 |
76 |
11 |
Gore Bay |
2.6 |
65 |
15 |
Kapuskasing |
3.0 |
77 |
15 |
Moosonee |
3.1 |
78 |
12 |
North Bay |
3.6 |
91 |
12 |
Sault Ste Marie |
3.3 |
83 |
11 |
South Baymouth |
2.9 |
74 |
12 |
Sudbury |
3.4 |
85 |
14 |
Timmins |
3.2 |
82 |
13 |
Wawa |
3.6 |
93 |
Northwestern Ontario
Total precipitation during August
Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
12 |
Atikokan |
3.5 |
88 |
14 |
Big Trout Lake |
3.5 |
89 |
12 |
Dryden |
3.3 |
84 |
12 |
Fort Frances |
3.6 |
92 |
12 |
Kenora |
3.3 |
84 |
14 |
Red Lake |
3.5 |
88 |
12 |
Thunder Bay |
3.5 |
89 |