Ice rarely forms: Stoney Creek sees fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.5°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 32°C apart. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 21–26°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Stoney Creek is Burlington Piers, 9.7 km north-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Stoney Creek at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stoney Creek’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Stoney Creek feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on about 98 days a year
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 25 nights.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 902 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 114 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Hamilton, 16 km away (Burlington Piers records no complete year of it).
Snowfall: about 141 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 44 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Burlington Piers publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Welland-Pelham, 48 km away.
Living with Stoney Creek’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 10 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Summer brings about 46 days when the humidex passes 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Stoney Creek’s hazards page does.
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 | 9.7 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 16 km |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 48 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, 16 km |
How Stoney Creek 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Stoney Creek’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Stoney Creek with figures are 15–30 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoney Creek Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 15 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 |
Stoney Creek 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 | 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 |
March has run from −21.2°C to 24.4°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.7°C around its normal of −2.6°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Stoney Creek’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Burlington Piers: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Stoney Creek’s climate
How warm does Stoney Creek get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.5°C.
How cold does Stoney Creek get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −6.3°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Stoney Creek get?
July is the wettest month at 98 mm and February the driest at 53 mm, for 902 mm over the year.
Are these figures for Stoney Creek itself?
Not quite: they come from Burlington Piers, the closest ECCC normals location to Stoney Creek.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stoney Creek →
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).