Lisgar gets fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 26.6°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 114 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Read at Hamilton, 9.8 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Lisgar at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lisgar’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Lisgar feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 139 frosts and 123 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. 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
About 902 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 141 cm of snow a year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 44 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 Welland-Pelham, 53 km away.
Heating a home in Lisgar
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lisgar’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 1 May, and the first, near 12 October, lie about 164 frost-free 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 →Winter brings about 20 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 59 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Lisgar’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 | 9.8 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 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, 10 km |
How Lisgar 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lisgar’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar Hamilton | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 902 mm |
| Berrisfield 0.6 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C about the same | −9.1°C about the same | 902 mm |
| Huntington 1.3 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.1°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.8°C milder | 902 mm |
Lisgar 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 | 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 |
From −24.6°C to 26.8°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.0°C around its normal of −5.3°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Lisgar’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Hamilton, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lisgar’s climate
How warm does Lisgar get in summer?
Expect highs near 26.6°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Lisgar get in winter?
Overnight lows average −9.2°C in February, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Lisgar get?
Some 902 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (98 mm), the least in February (53 mm).
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 Lisgar itself?
Nearly: Hamilton, the location behind them, sits just beyond Lisgar’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lisgar →
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).