Photo: Matilde Park from Toronto, Canada · CC BY 2.0July in Beamsville runs hotter than in 88% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −6.8°C. Temperatures cover 34°C across the year, low to high. Only about 117 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 86% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside for May, June, August and September, when highs sit at 19–26°C.
Measured at Vineland, 1.0 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Beamsville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beamsville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Beamsville feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 117 frosts and 124 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, peaking in January at about 27 nights. About 18 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 838 mm of rain and snow a year
April brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 112 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 141 cm of snow a year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Vineland normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Welland-Pelham, 24 km away.
Heating a home in Beamsville
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. By this count, homes here need less heating than 88% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beamsville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 11 days in a normal year.
On some 61 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
A typical year is calm by definition; Beamsville’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Vineland
ECCC builds the Vineland normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 1.0 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 95 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 24 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −24.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.4°C |
| Average wind | 12.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Welland-Pelham, 24 km |
How Beamsville compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Beamsville’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beamsville Vineland | 27.1°C | −6.8°C | 838 mm |
| Grimsby 12 km · Vineland | 27.1°C about the same | −6.8°C about the same | 838 mm |
| Pelham 17 km · Welland-Pelham | 26.8°C about the same | −8.0°C 1.2°C colder | 967 mm |
| Fifty Point 18 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −6.3°C 0.5°C milder | 838 mm |
Beamsville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C | −6.8°C | −3.3°C | 71 mm | 44 cm |
| February | 0.8°C | −6.4°C | −2.9°C | 52 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 5.3°C | −2.6°C | 1.4°C | 62 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 2.4°C | 7.0°C | 83 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 18.6°C | 8.0°C | 13.3°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 14.0°C | 19.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.1°C | 17.2°C | 22.2°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.1°C | 16.6°C | 21.4°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.3°C | 12.9°C | 17.6°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.5°C | 7.1°C | 11.3°C | 77 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.9°C | 1.5°C | 5.2°C | 72 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 3.2°C | −3.0°C | 0.1°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| Year | 13.6°C | 5.1°C | 9.4°C | 838 mm | 141 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 2.8°C, more than any month, and August least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −19.2°C in 2003 and a high of 27.0°C in 1998.
Where Beamsville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Vineland, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Beamsville’s climate
How warm does Beamsville get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 27.1°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Beamsville get in winter?
Expect nights around −6.8°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Beamsville get?
A normal year brings 838 mm, snow included as water: April is wettest at 83 mm, February driest at 52 mm.
Are these figures for Beamsville itself?
Yes: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Vineland, which is in Beamsville.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beamsville →
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