Ice rarely forms: Gibson sees fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.5°C. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 114 times a year.
Gibson has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Burlington Piers, 6.3 km north-east.
A year in Gibson at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gibson’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Gibson 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
Rain and melted snow: about 902 mm a year
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, 12 km away.
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Burlington Piers normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 51 km away.
Living with Gibson’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 10 days with a wind chill below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 46 a year.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Gibson’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Burlington Piers, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 6.3 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 12 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 51 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, 12 km |
How Gibson 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Gibson’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 23–29 km from Gibson.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibson Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 23 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 28 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Gibson weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C | −6.3°C | −3.1°C | 73 mm | 32 cm |
| February | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 53 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 69 mm | 17 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 | under 1 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 | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 6.1°C | 9.4°C | 902 mm | 115 cm |
February strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.7°C; August the least
March has the widest record range, −21.2°C in 2003 to 24.4°C in 1998; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Gibson’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Burlington Piers, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Gibson’s climate
How warm does Gibson get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.5°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Gibson get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Gibson get?
902 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (98 mm); the driest, February (53 mm).
Are these figures for Gibson itself?
No: Gibson has no normals location, so the figures come from Burlington Piers, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Gibson →
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).