Lighter winters: about 115 cm of snow a year in Oakes, less than in 81% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. A year here swings 36°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 73% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 139 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Hamilton location, 5.5 km south.
A year in Oakes at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oakes’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Oakes 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
The most falls in July, the least in February. About 114 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal 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
ECCC’s Hamilton normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 58 km away.
Heating a home in Oakes
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Oakes’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 1 May to 12 October the garden is usually clear of frost, some 164 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Expect around 20 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 59 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Oakes’s hazards page covers them.
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 | 5.5 km south |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 58 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, 15 km |
How Oakes 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 Oakes whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 8–33 km from Oakes.
Oakes 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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.0°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −24.6°C (2003) and 26.8°C (2012).
Where Oakes’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Hamilton, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Oakes’s climate
How warm does Oakes get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 26.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Oakes get in winter?
Deep winter means February, when nights average −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Oakes get?
902 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (98 mm); the driest, February (53 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Oakes itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton, just outside Oakes’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Oakes →
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).