Kirkendall South gets less snow than 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −9.1°C. A year here swings 36°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 73% of Canadian towns. From June to September, highs of 22–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Hamilton location, 9.5 km south.
A year in Kirkendall South at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Kirkendall South’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Kirkendall South feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 139 days, 20°C on 123
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 13 days a year.
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
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 115 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (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), 53 km away.
Heating a home in Kirkendall South
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Kirkendall South’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 →Count on some 20 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 59 a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Kirkendall South’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 | 9.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 53 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, 9.6 km |
How Kirkendall South 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 Kirkendall South’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkendall South Hamilton | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 902 mm |
| Kirkendall North 0.8 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.1°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.8°C milder | 902 mm |
| Westcliffe East 1.5 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C about the same | −9.1°C about the same | 902 mm |
Kirkendall South 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 Kirkendall South’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Hamilton (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Kirkendall South’s climate
How warm does Kirkendall South get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.6°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Kirkendall South get in winter?
Expect nights around −9.2°C in February; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Kirkendall South 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?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Kirkendall South itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Hamilton location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Kirkendall South.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Kirkendall South →
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).