Less snow falls on Garner than on 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.6°C. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 73% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 36°C. Windshields need scraping on about 139 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Hamilton station, 5.7 km south-east.
A year in Garner at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Garner’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Garner feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 139 frosts and 123 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 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
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
Hamilton publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 59 km away.
Heating a home in Garner
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Garner’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 1 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 12 October, leaving roughly 164 days without frost.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 20 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 59 days when the humidex passes 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Garner’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 | 5.7 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 59 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, 17 km |
How Garner 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Garner’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Garner with figures are 10–33 km away.
Garner 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 |
From −24.6°C to 26.8°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.0°C around −5.3°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Garner’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Hamilton, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: 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 Garner’s climate
How warm does Garner get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Garner get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Garner get?
July is the wettest month at 98 mm and February the driest at 53 mm, for 902 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 82 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Garner itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton, just outside Garner’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Garner →
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).