Afternoon heat in Centre beats that of 95% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −8.9°C. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are not Centre’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Toronto Pearson (Airport), 12 km east.
A year in Centre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Centre’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Centre feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
131 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. About 17 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
Rain and melted snow: about 807 mm a year
About 106 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Centre
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. By this count, homes here need less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Centre’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 27 April and returns near 20 October, about 174 days apart.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Count on some 21 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 56 days in a normal year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Centre’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
ECCC builds the Toronto Pearson (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 173 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (City), 30 km |
How Centre compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Centre’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Centre with figures are 23–28 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Milton 23 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
| Vaughan 24 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
| Erin 26 km · Elora | 25.4°C 2.0°C cooler | −10.7°C 1.8°C colder | 807 mm |
Centre weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.2°C | −8.9°C | −5.0°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −0.3°C | −8.5°C | −4.4°C | 50 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.8°C | 0.6°C | 51 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 12.0°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 77 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.2°C | 13.7°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.4°C | 16.6°C | 22.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 15.8°C | 21.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.6°C | 16.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 72 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −5.0°C | −1.6°C | 59 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 807 mm | 115 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.0°C of normal, against the steadier June
March has the widest record range, −24.7°C in 2003 to 26.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Centre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Toronto Pearson (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Centre’s climate
How warm does Centre get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 27.4°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Centre get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Centre get?
Around 807 mm a year in all, from 81 mm in June down to 50 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 69 days a year.
Are these figures for Centre itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Toronto Pearson (Airport); Centre has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Centre →
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).