Frost comes to Mcquesten West less often than to 92% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.5°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 32°C apart. Heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
ECCC publishes no normals for Mcquesten West itself; the figures are those of Burlington Piers, 6.7 km north.
A year in Mcquesten West at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mcquesten West’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Mcquesten West feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on about 98 days a year
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 25.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Rain and melted snow: about 902 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 114 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Hamilton, 15 km away.
About 115 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 32 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 51 km away.
Living with Mcquesten West’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 10 days a year.
Roughly 46 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Mcquesten West’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
Burlington Piers is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.7 km north |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 15 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 51 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Hamilton, 15 km |
How Mcquesten West 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Mcquesten West’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 18–30 km from Mcquesten West.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcquesten West Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 18 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 30 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Mcquesten West 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 | 0.1°C | −6.3°C | −3.1°C | 73 mm | 32 cm |
| February | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 53 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 69 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | 3.3°C | 6.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 16.7°C | 9.0°C | 12.9°C | 81 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.4°C | 15.1°C | 18.8°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 18.3°C | 21.9°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.9°C | 18.3°C | 21.6°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 14.6°C | 18.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.8°C | 8.3°C | 11.6°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.4°C | 2.7°C | 5.6°C | 78 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 2.9°C | −2.5°C | 0.2°C | 67 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 6.1°C | 9.4°C | 902 mm | 115 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 2.7°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −21.2°C (2003) and 24.4°C (1998).
Where Mcquesten West’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Burlington Piers, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Mcquesten West’s climate
How warm does Mcquesten West get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.5°C.
How cold does Mcquesten West get in winter?
Lows sink to −6.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Mcquesten West get?
Precipitation totals 902 mm a year, with July the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for Mcquesten West itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Burlington Piers, since Mcquesten West has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mcquesten West →
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).