Climate averages 1991–2020
Erie weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Erie: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 55 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brantford (113 km away). In July its highs average 26.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Erie, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Erie ranks joint 470th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 459th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Erie is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Erie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.0°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 112 | 16.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 0.5°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 78 | 12.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 4.3°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 93 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.9°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 109 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 98 | 12.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 115 | 13.1 | 15.215 h |
| July, selected | 25.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 121 | 13.4 | 14.915 h |
| August | 24.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 111 | 12.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 106 | 11.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 14.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 125 | 14.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 123 | 15.5 | 9.810 h |
| December | 2.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 129 | 17.8 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Brantford in JulyCanada · 113 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Stoney Creek in JulyCanada · 124 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Hamilton in JulyCanada · 126 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Buffalo in JulyUnited States · 130 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 103 mm rain
- London, Canada in JulyCanada · 134 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 100 mm rain
- St. Catharines in JulyCanada · 135 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Niagara Falls in JulyCanada · 136 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Cambridge, Canada in JulyCanada · 138 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 83 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Erie) is explained once on the Erie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.