Homeside gets fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.5°C on average. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Plan for rain or snow on about 114 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Homeside itself; the figures are those of Burlington Piers, 6.0 km north.
A year in Homeside at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Homeside’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Homeside feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
98 frost days 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
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Hamilton, 14 km away (Burlington Piers records no complete year of it).
About 115 cm of snow a year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 50 km away.
Living with Homeside’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 →About 10 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The humidex tops 30 on about 46 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Homeside’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Burlington Piers.
| Distance from the town | 6.0 km north |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 14 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 50 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, 14 km |
How Homeside 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 Homeside’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 20–30 km from Homeside.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homeside Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 20 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 30 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Homeside 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 | 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 |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 2.7°C; the steadiest, August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −21.2°C (2003) to 24.4°C (1998).
Where Homeside’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Burlington Piers, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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 Homeside’s climate
How warm does Homeside get in summer?
Highs reach 25.5°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Homeside get in winter?
January nights average −6.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Homeside get?
Precipitation totals 902 mm a year, with July the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for Homeside itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Burlington Piers, outside Homeside.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Homeside →
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).