Ice rarely forms: Lawfield sees fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.6°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton (8.6 km south-west).
A year in Lawfield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lawfield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Lawfield 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
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly 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
On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 141 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 44 cm in January, the snowiest month.
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 Welland-Pelham, 54 km away.
Heating a home in Lawfield
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lawfield’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 1 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 12 October, ends a season of about 164 days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 20 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
About 59 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Lawfield’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 | 8.6 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 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, 10 km |
How Lawfield compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Lawfield whose figures come from another normals location.
Lawfield 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 | 44 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −9.2°C | −5.0°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −4.4°C | 0.2°C | 69 mm | 28 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 | 0 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 | 32 cm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 902 mm | 141 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.0°C), June least
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 Lawfield’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: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lawfield’s climate
How warm does Lawfield get in summer?
Expect highs near 26.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Lawfield get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to February, at about −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Lawfield get?
The yearly total is about 902 mm. July gets 98 mm, the most of any month; February gets 53 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 82 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Lawfield itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Hamilton location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Lawfield.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lawfield →
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).