Hill Park gets less snow than 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 36°C. Only about 139 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Hamilton location, 8.9 km south-west.
A year in Hill Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hill Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Hill Park feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
139 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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. 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
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), 54 km away.
Heating a home in Hill Park
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hill Park’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plant out after about 1 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 12 October, leaving roughly 164 days without frost.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 20 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Roughly 59 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Hill Park’s hazards page.
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 | 8.9 km south-west |
| 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, 9.5 km |
How Hill Park 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 Hill Park’s own would show the same figures).
Hill Park 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 |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.0°C; the steadiest month is June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −24.6°C in 2003 and a high of 26.8°C in 2012.
Where Hill Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Hamilton, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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 (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 Hill Park’s climate
How warm does Hill Park get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C.
How cold does Hill Park get in winter?
On a normal February night the air drops to −9.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Hill Park get?
Precipitation totals 902 mm a year, with July the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (53 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 82 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Hill Park itself?
Nearly: Hamilton, the location behind them, sits just beyond Hill Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hill Park →
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).