Snowfall in Fessenden trails that of 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −9.1°C. Some 36°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Only about 139 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. From June to September, highs of 22–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Read at Hamilton, 6.9 km south: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Fessenden at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fessenden’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Fessenden feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 139 days, 20°C on 123
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. About 13 days a year top 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 902 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
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
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Hamilton normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 55 km away.
Heating a home in Fessenden
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. A house here needs less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fessenden’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 164 frost-free days, roughly 1 May to 12 October.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Roughly 20 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
A humidex above 30 marks about 59 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Fessenden’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hamilton
Hamilton is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 55 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 Fessenden compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Fessenden’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Fessenden with figures are 5–29 km away.
Fessenden 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 | −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 |
From year to year, January moves by 3.0°C, more than any month, and June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −24.6°C (2003) to 26.8°C (2012).
Where Fessenden’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Hamilton, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Fessenden’s climate
How warm does Fessenden get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.6°C.
How cold does Fessenden get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Fessenden get?
Around 902 mm a year in all, from 98 mm in July down to 53 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Fessenden itself?
Nearly: Hamilton, the location behind them, sits just beyond Fessenden’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fessenden →
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).