Corktown gets fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.5°C. Some 32°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 21–26°C.
Borrowed figures: Corktown has no normals station, so these come from Burlington Piers, 7.7 km north-east.
A year in Corktown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Corktown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Corktown feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on about 98 days a year
Frost comes from November to April, most of all in January (about 25 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 114 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Burlington Piers normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Hamilton, 11 km away.
115 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 51 km away (Burlington Piers records no complete year of it).
Living with Corktown’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 10 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The humidex tops 30 on about 46 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
A typical year is calm by definition; Corktown’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Burlington Piers, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 7.7 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 11 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 51 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Hamilton, 11 km |
How Corktown 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
Places around Corktown whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 25–29 km from Corktown.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corktown Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 25 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 27 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Corktown 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 | 0.1°C | −6.3°C | −3.1°C | 73 mm | 32 cm |
| February | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 53 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 69 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | 3.3°C | 6.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 16.7°C | 9.0°C | 12.9°C | 81 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 15.1°C | 18.8°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 18.3°C | 21.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.9°C | 18.3°C | 21.6°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 14.6°C | 18.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.8°C | 8.3°C | 11.6°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.4°C | 2.7°C | 5.6°C | 78 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 2.9°C | −2.5°C | 0.2°C | 67 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 6.1°C | 9.4°C | 902 mm | 115 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.7°C; August the least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −21.2°C in 2003 to 24.4°C in 1998.
Where Corktown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Burlington Piers, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Corktown’s climate
How warm does Corktown get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.5°C.
How cold does Corktown get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Corktown get?
Count on roughly 902 mm a year, heaviest in July (98 mm) and lightest in February (53 mm).
Are these figures for Corktown itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Burlington Piers; Corktown has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Corktown →
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).