Neither notably warm, cold, wet nor dry, Cherry Hill sits near the middle of Canadian towns
About 851 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 26.6°C and January nights drop to −10.3°C. Some 37°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Its July heat outdoes that of 70% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 22–27°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo (11 km east).
A year in Cherry Hill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cherry Hill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Cherry Hill feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 156 frosts and 122 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 7 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 851 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. On about 115 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 75 km away (Kitchener/Waterloo records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Cherry Hill
91% 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 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cherry Hill’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Wait until about 8 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 5 October, about 149 days later.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Cherry Hill’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 11 km east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 75 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Elora, 23 km |
How Cherry Hill 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 Cherry Hill’s would only repeat its figures. The one place listed is 11 km from Cherry Hill, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Hill Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 11 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Cherry Hill 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 | −2.3°C | −10.3°C | −6.3°C | 66 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.9°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −5.6°C | −0.8°C | 57 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.1°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.2°C | 12.6°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 11.5°C | 17.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 13.7°C | 20.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 3.4°C | 8.8°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.8°C | −1.6°C | 2.6°C | 75 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −6.3°C | −2.8°C | 55 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.2°C | 851 mm | 115 cm |
From −29.4°C to 26.5°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 3.1°C from −5.9°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Cherry Hill’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Kitchener/Waterloo, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: 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 Cherry Hill’s climate
How warm does Cherry Hill get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Cherry Hill get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Cherry Hill get?
Some 851 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (96 mm), the least in February (46 mm).
Are these figures for Cherry Hill itself?
Nearly: Kitchener/Waterloo, the location behind them, sits just beyond Cherry Hill’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cherry 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).