Lighter winters: about 115 cm of snow a year in Falkirk East, less than in 81% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −9.1°C. Frost is rarer than in 73% of Canadian towns: about 139 nights a year drop below freezing. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 139 days a year at 0°C or below.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Hamilton location, 5.2 km south.
A year in Falkirk East at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Falkirk East’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Falkirk East 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. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 13 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 114 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 32 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 57 km away (Hamilton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Falkirk East
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. By this count, homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Falkirk East’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 1 May and the first autumn frost around 12 October: about 164 frost-free days between.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 20 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
On some 59 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Falkirk East’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hamilton
ECCC builds the Hamilton normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 5.2 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 57 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, 14 km |
How Falkirk East 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 Falkirk East whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Falkirk East with figures are 5–29 km away.
Falkirk East 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 | 32 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −9.2°C | −5.0°C | 53 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −4.4°C | 0.2°C | 69 mm | 17 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 | under 1 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 | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 902 mm | 115 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.0°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −24.6°C (2003) and 26.8°C (2012).
Where Falkirk East’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Hamilton: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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, 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 Falkirk East’s climate
How warm does Falkirk East get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Falkirk East get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Falkirk East get?
A normal year brings 902 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 98 mm, February driest at 53 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Falkirk East itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Hamilton location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Falkirk East.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Falkirk 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).