Summers, winters, rain and snow in City Commercial Core all run close to those of most Canadian towns
A typical year brings 851 mm of rain and melted snow, with July afternoons around 26.6°C and January nights around −10.3°C. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 70% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 115 times a year.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Kitchener/Waterloo station, 8.8 km east.
A year in City Commercial Core at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about City Commercial Core’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in City Commercial Core feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
156 frost days and 122 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 7 nights a year the air falls below −20°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 851 mm a year
Rain and snow 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
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 74 km away (Kitchener/Waterloo records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in City Commercial Core
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Homes here need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with City Commercial Core’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Gardens get from about 8 May to 5 October without frost, around 149 days in all.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has City Commercial Core’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
Kitchener/Waterloo is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 8.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 74 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 City Commercial Core 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 City Commercial Core’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to City Commercial Core with figures is 11 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| City Commercial Core 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 |
City Commercial Core 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 City Commercial Core’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Kitchener/Waterloo (the closest location with all twelve months of 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: 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about City Commercial Core’s climate
How warm does City Commercial Core get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.6°C.
How cold does City Commercial Core get in winter?
Expect nights around −10.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does City Commercial Core get?
The year adds up to 851 mm. July is the peak month (96 mm) and February the low one (46 mm).
Are these figures for City Commercial Core itself?
They are the normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, measured just outside City Commercial Core itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for City Commercial Core →
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).