Lighter winters: about 115 cm of snow a year in Shaver, less than in 81% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.6°C on average. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Frost is rarer than in 73% of Canadian towns: about 139 nights a year drop below freezing. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 22–27°C.
Read at Hamilton, 5.9 km south-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Shaver at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Shaver’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Shaver 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. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 13 days a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
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
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 61 km away (Hamilton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Shaver
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. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Shaver’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 1 May to about 12 October, some 164 days in a normal year.
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 →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 20 days a year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 59 days a year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Shaver’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Hamilton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Hamilton are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 5.9 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 61 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, 20 km |
How Shaver 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 Shaver’s would only repeat its figures. Shaver has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–33 km out.
Shaver 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 | −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
March has the widest record range, −24.6°C in 2003 to 26.8°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Shaver’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Hamilton: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Shaver’s climate
How warm does Shaver get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.6°C.
How cold does Shaver get in winter?
The coldest nights come in February, averaging −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Shaver 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?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 82 days a year.
Are these figures for Shaver itself?
They are the normals for Hamilton, measured just outside Shaver itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Shaver →
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).