Less snow falls on Golf Course than on 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 26.6°C. Some 36°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Frost is rarer than in 73% of Canadian towns: about 139 nights a year drop below freezing. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 22–27°C.
Read at Hamilton, 11 km south: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Golf Course at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Golf Course’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Golf Course feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 139 frosts and 123 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 13 days a year climb past 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
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
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
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), 54 km away.
Heating a home in Golf Course
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Golf Course’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Frost usually lets go around 1 May and returns near 12 October, about 164 days apart.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 20 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 59 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Golf Course’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 11 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 54 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, 15 km |
How Golf Course 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
Places around Golf Course whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Golf Course with figures are 10–29 km away.
Golf Course 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 | −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 |
A March here can run from −24.6°C to 26.8°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.0°C around −5.3°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Golf Course’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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 Golf Course’s climate
How warm does Golf Course get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 26.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Golf Course get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Golf Course get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 902 mm a year; July leads with 98 mm and February trails with 53 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 82 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Golf Course itself?
Nearly: Hamilton, the location behind them, sits just beyond Golf Course’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Golf Course →
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