Highway Valley gets fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.5°C on average. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 21–26°C.
Borrowed figures: Highway Valley has no normals station, so these come from Burlington Piers, 12 km north-west.
A year in Highway Valley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Highway Valley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Highway Valley feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 98 frosts a year
Frost comes from November to April, most of all in January (about 25 nights).
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 902 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Hamilton, 18 km away.
141 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 44 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Welland-Pelham, 45 km away.
Living with Highway Valley’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →On some 10 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Roughly 46 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Highway Valley’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 | 12 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 18 km |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 45 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, 18 km |
How Highway Valley 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 Highway Valley’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 13 km from Highway Valley.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highway Valley Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 13 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
Highway Valley 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 | 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 |
A March here can run from −21.2°C to 24.4°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.7°C of its normal of −2.6°C; August keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Highway Valley’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: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Highway Valley’s climate
How warm does Highway Valley get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.5°C.
How cold does Highway Valley get in winter?
Lows sink to −6.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Highway Valley 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 Highway Valley itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Burlington Piers, outside Highway Valley.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Highway Valley →
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).