Fall Weather in Guelph Canada

Daily high temperatures decrease by 36°F, from 73°F to 37°F, rarely falling below 26°F or exceeding 81°F.

Daily low temperatures decrease by 28°F, from 53°F to 25°F, rarely falling below 13°F or exceeding 63°F.

For reference, on July 18, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Guelph typically range from 58°F to 78°F, while on January 29, the coldest day of the year, they range from 12°F to 26°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average fall temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Solak, Armenia (5,704 miles away) and Sapporo, Japan (5,930 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Guelph (view comparison).

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The fall in Guelph experiences very rapidly increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 35% to 60%.

The clearest day of the fall is September 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 65% of the time.

For reference, on January 10, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 66%, while on August 19, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 66%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Guelph, the chance of a wet day over the course of the fall is decreasing, starting the season at 25% and ending it at 21%.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 30% on July 30, and its lowest chance is 15% on February 21.

Over the course of the fall in Guelph, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 25% to 13%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain increases from 0% to 4%, and the chance of a day with only snow increases from 0% to 4%.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the fall in Guelph is rapidly decreasing, starting the season at 2.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 3.6 inches or falls below 0.9 inches, and ending the season at 1.2 inches, when it rarely exceeds 2.3 inches or falls below 0.3 inches.

The highest average 31-day accumulation is 2.4 inches on September 22.

Snowfall

As with rainfall, we consider the snowfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day snowfall during the fall in Guelph is rapidly increasing, starting the season at -0.0 inches, when it rarely exceeds 0.0 inches or falls below -0.0 inches, and ending the season at 3.3 inches, when it rarely exceeds 7.5 inches or falls below 0.2 inches.

Over the course of the fall in Guelph, the length of the day is very rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 3 hours, 58 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 39 seconds, and weekly decrease of 18 minutes, 30 seconds.

The shortest day of the fall is November 30, with 9 hours, 12 minutes of daylight and the longest day is September 1, with 13 hours, 10 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the fall in Guelph is 6:45 AM on September 1 and the latest sunrise is 1 hour, 13 minutes later at 7:58 AM on November 2.

The latest sunset is 7:55 PM on September 1 and the earliest sunset is 3 hours, 10 minutes earlier at 4:45 PM on November 30.

Daylight saving time (DST) starts at 1:00 AM on November 3, 2024, shifting sunrise and sunset to be an hour later.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets 15 hours, 26 minutes later, at 9:05 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:51 AM and sets 8 hours, 56 minutes later, at 4:47 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the fall of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy in Guelph is rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling from 13% to 0% over the course of the season.

For reference, on July 30, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 24% of the time, while on November 2, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed in Guelph is rapidly increasing during the fall, increasing from 8.7 miles per hour to 12.0 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on January 12, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 13.6 miles per hour, while on August 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.3 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction in Guelph throughout the fall is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 47% on November 26.

Guelph is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.

The average surface water temperature in Guelph is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 22°F, from 66°F to 44°F, over the course of the season.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season in Guelph typically lasts for 5.0 months (153 days), from around May 6 to around October 5, rarely starting before April 17 or after May 26, and rarely ending before September 19 or after October 22.

During the fall in Guelph, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 100% to 0% over the course of the season.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days in Guelph are increasing during the fall, increasing by 382°F, from 1,754°F to 2,137°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Guelph is very rapidly decreasing during the fall, falling by 3.9 kWh, from 5.4 kWh to 1.4 kWh, over the course of the season.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Guelph are 43.546 deg latitude, -80.256 deg longitude, and 1,086 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Guelph contains only modest variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 180 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 1,077 feet. Within 10 miles also contains only modest variations in elevation (489 feet). Within 50 miles contains only modest variations in elevation (1,526 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Guelph is covered by artificial surfaces (80%) and trees (12%), within 10 miles by cropland (49%) and trees (34%), and within 50 miles by cropland (48%) and trees (20%).