Strathcona gets fewer frosts than 92% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 25.5°C. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. Plan for rain or snow on about 114 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are not Strathcona’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Burlington Piers, 8.1 km north-east.
A year in Strathcona at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Strathcona’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Strathcona feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 98 frosts 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
902 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Hamilton, 11 km away (Burlington Piers records no complete year of it).
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal 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 Strathcona’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest 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 →About 10 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
A humidex above 30 marks about 46 days in a normal year.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Strathcona’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Burlington Piers
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Burlington Piers, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 8.1 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Hamilton, 11 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, 11 km |
How Strathcona 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Strathcona’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 27–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Strathcona.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strathcona Burlington Piers | 25.5°C | −6.3°C | 902 mm |
| Grimsby 27 km · Vineland | 27.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −6.8°C 0.5°C colder | 838 mm |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 28 km · Hamilton | 26.6°C 1.1°C warmer | −9.1°C 2.8°C colder | 902 mm |
Strathcona 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 | 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 |
March: −21.2°C at its coldest, 24.4°C at its warmest
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 2.7°C around −2.6°C) and August least (1.1°C).
Where Strathcona’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Burlington Piers from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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, 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 Strathcona’s climate
How warm does Strathcona get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.5°C.
How cold does Strathcona get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Strathcona get?
Measured as water, a year brings 902 mm: 98 mm in July, the wettest month, and 53 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Strathcona itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Burlington Piers, since Strathcona has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Strathcona →
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).