Less snow falls on Lampman than on 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
In January the night’s low is typically −9.1°C. Only about 139 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 36°C. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Hamilton station, 5.2 km south.
A year in Lampman at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lampman’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Lampman feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 139 days, 20°C on 123
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
Rain and melted snow: about 902 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 114 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical 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), 57 km away.
Heating a home in Lampman
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lampman’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Between the last frost, near 1 May, and the first, near 12 October, lie about 164 frost-free days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 20 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 59 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Lampman’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hamilton
Hamilton is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.2 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 57 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, 14 km |
How Lampman 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
Places around Lampman whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 6–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Lampman.
Lampman weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −24.6°C in 2003 to 26.8°C in 2012.
Where Lampman’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: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lampman’s climate
How warm does Lampman get in summer?
Afternoons average 26.6°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Lampman get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in February, with lows near −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Lampman get?
A normal year brings 902 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 98 mm, February driest at 53 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Lampman itself?
Nearly: Hamilton, the location behind them, sits just beyond Lampman’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lampman →
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).