Red Hill gets fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.5°C. Temperatures cover 32°C across the year, low to high. Have the furnace checked before November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Red Hill has no normals station, so these come from Burlington Piers, 9.2 km north.
A year in Red Hill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Red Hill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Red Hill feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
98 frost days a year
Frost comes from November to April, most of all in January (about 25 nights).
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. About 114 days a year bring 1 mm 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, 13 km away.
141 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Burlington Piers normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Welland-Pelham, 50 km away.
Living with Red Hill’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 10 days a year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 46 days a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Red Hill’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Burlington Piers.
| Distance from the town | 9.2 km north |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 13 km |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 50 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, 13 km |
How Red Hill 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 Red Hill whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 19–30 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Red Hill.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 19 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 27 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Red Hill weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C | −6.3°C | −3.1°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | 0.7°C | −5.9°C | −2.6°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 69 mm | 28 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 | 0 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 | 32 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 6.1°C | 9.4°C | 902 mm | 141 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 2.7°C of normal, against the steadier August
March has the widest record range, −21.2°C in 2003 to 24.4°C in 1998; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Red Hill’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Burlington Piers, the nearest location with a full year of 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 Red Hill’s climate
How warm does Red Hill get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.5°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Red Hill get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Red Hill get?
902 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (98 mm); the driest, February (53 mm).
Are these figures for Red Hill itself?
No, they come from Burlington Piers; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Red Hill itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Red Hill →
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).