Frosty mornings in Eleanor are scarcer than in 73% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 26.6°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 114 times a year.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton (7.3 km south-west).
A year in Eleanor at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Eleanor’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Eleanor feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
139 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 13 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
About 902 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 141 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Hamilton normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Welland-Pelham, 54 km away.
Heating a home in Eleanor
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Eleanor’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 1 May to 12 October without frost, around 164 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 20 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
On some 59 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Eleanor’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hamilton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 7.3 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 54 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −30.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.4°C |
| Average wind | 16.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Burlington Piers, 12 km |
How Eleanor 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 Eleanor whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Eleanor with figures are 4–27 km away.
Eleanor weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.4°C | −9.1°C | −5.3°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −9.2°C | −5.0°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −4.4°C | 0.2°C | 69 mm | 28 cm |
| April | 11.8°C | 1.3°C | 6.5°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.3°C | 13.1°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.2°C | 20.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.5°C | 20.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.7°C | 10.5°C | 16.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.5°C | 4.8°C | 9.7°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.7°C | −0.2°C | 3.8°C | 78 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.5°C | −5.4°C | −1.9°C | 67 mm | 32 cm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 902 mm | 141 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −24.6°C to 26.8°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.0°C of the normal, −5.3°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Eleanor’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Hamilton (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Eleanor’s climate
How warm does Eleanor get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Eleanor get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Eleanor get?
Count on roughly 902 mm a year, heaviest in July (98 mm) and lightest in February (53 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Eleanor itself?
They are the normals for Hamilton, measured just outside Eleanor itself.
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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).