Afternoon heat in Hickory Woods beats that of 95% of Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −8.9°C. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 36°C. Heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Borrowed figures: Hickory Woods has no normals station, so these come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 9.8 km north-east.
A year in Hickory Woods at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hickory Woods’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Hickory Woods feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 131 days, 20°C on 125
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 17 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
807 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 106 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 115 cm of snow a year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Hickory Woods
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hickory Woods’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 174 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 27 April to a first of 20 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 21 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 56 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Hickory Woods’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
Toronto Pearson (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 9.8 km north-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 (Island), 28 km |
How Hickory Woods 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Hickory Woods’s own would show the same figures). Hickory Woods has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Woods Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Milton 18 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
| Vaughan 27 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
| Toronto 29 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 2.2°C milder | 823 mm |
Hickory Woods weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.0°C; the steadiest, June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −24.7°C in 2003 and a high of 26.0°C in 2012.
Where Hickory Woods’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Toronto Pearson (Airport), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Hickory Woods’s climate
How warm does Hickory Woods get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27.4°C.
How cold does Hickory Woods get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Hickory Woods get?
Count on roughly 807 mm a year, heaviest in June (81 mm) and lightest in February (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 69 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Hickory Woods itself?
Not quite: they come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), the closest ECCC normals location to Hickory Woods.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hickory Woods →
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).