Snowfall in Leeming trails that of 81% of Canadian towns: about 115 cm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. A year here swings 36°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Only about 139 nights a year bring a frost, fewer than in 73% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 22–27°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Hamilton station, 6.0 km south-east.
A year in Leeming at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Leeming’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Leeming 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
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
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
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 60 km away (Hamilton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Leeming
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. By this count, homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Leeming’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 1 May to about 12 October, some 164 days in a normal year.
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 →Count on some 20 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 59 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Leeming: the hazards page.
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 | 6.0 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 60 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, 19 km |
How Leeming compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Leeming’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Leeming with figures are 11–33 km away.
Leeming 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 |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.0°C; June the 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 Leeming’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Hamilton, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: 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 Leeming’s climate
How warm does Leeming get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 26.6°C.
How cold does Leeming get in winter?
In February, the coldest month, the typical low is −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Leeming get?
Measured as water, a year brings 902 mm: 98 mm in July, the wettest month, and 53 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 82 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Leeming itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton, just outside Leeming’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Leeming →
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).