Valley Park gets fewer frosts than 73% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 36°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
Read at Hamilton, 12 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Valley Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Valley Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Valley Park feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
139 frost days and 123 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 13 days a year climb past 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
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
141 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Welland-Pelham, 49 km away (Hamilton records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Valley Park
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 77% of Canadian towns.
Living with Valley Park’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 164 days, roughly 1 May to 12 October.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 20 days a year here.
The humidex tops 30 on about 59 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Valley Park’s hazards page.
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 | 12 km west |
| Station altitude | 238 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Welland-Pelham, 49 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, 12 km |
How Valley Park 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Valley Park’s would only repeat its figures.
Valley Park weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.4°C | −9.1°C | −5.3°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −0.9°C | −9.2°C | −5.0°C | 53 mm | 24 cm |
| March | 4.7°C | −4.4°C | 0.2°C | 69 mm | 28 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 | 0 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 | 32 cm |
| Year | 12.9°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 902 mm | 141 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −24.6°C to 26.8°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.0°C of the normal, −5.3°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Valley Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Hamilton, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Valley Park’s climate
How warm does Valley Park get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Valley Park get in winter?
Midwinter means February, when a typical night reaches −9.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Valley Park get?
About 902 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (98 mm) and February the driest (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 Valley Park itself?
Nearly: Hamilton, the location behind them, sits just beyond Valley Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Valley Park →
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).