Frost comes to Felker less often than to 92% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.5°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 32°C. Have the furnace checked before November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Felker has no normals station, so these come from Burlington Piers, 13 km north.
A year in Felker at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Felker’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Felker feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 98 frosts a year
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 25 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 114 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow 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, 13 km away.
Snowfall: about 141 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 44 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Welland-Pelham, 48 km away (Burlington Piers records no complete year of it).
Living with Felker’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 10 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 46 days a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Felker’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 | 13 km north |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 13 km |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 48 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, 13 km |
How Felker 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Felker’s would only repeat its figures.
Felker 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 | 44 cm |
| February | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 69 mm | 28 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 | 0 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 | 32 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 6.1°C | 9.4°C | 902 mm | 141 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 2.7°C of normal, against the steadier August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −21.2°C (2003) to 24.4°C (1998).
Where Felker’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: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Felker’s climate
How warm does Felker get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Felker get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Felker get?
A normal year brings 902 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 98 mm, February driest at 53 mm.
Are these figures for Felker itself?
They are borrowed from Burlington Piers, the nearest place to Felker where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Felker →
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).