Delta East gets fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.5°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
These are not Delta East’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Burlington Piers, 7.2 km north.
A year in Delta East at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Delta East’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Delta East feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
98 frost 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
About 902 mm of rain and snow a year
About 114 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Hamilton, 12 km away.
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 52 km away.
Living with Delta East’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 10 days in a normal year.
Count on some 46 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Delta East’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
Burlington Piers is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 7.2 km north |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 12 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 52 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, 12 km |
How Delta East compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Delta East whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 21–28 km from Delta East.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta East Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 21 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 28 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Delta East weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
From −21.2°C to 24.4°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.7°C around its normal of −2.6°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Delta East’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Burlington Piers from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Delta East’s climate
How warm does Delta East get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Delta East get in winter?
January nights average −6.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Delta East get?
July is the wettest month at 98 mm and February the driest at 53 mm, for 902 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Delta East itself?
Not quite: they come from Burlington Piers, the closest ECCC normals location to Delta East.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Delta East →
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).