For weather, Stanley Park is about as ordinary as Canadian towns get
January nights average −10.3°C, July afternoons 26.6°C, and a year brings 851 mm of rain and melted snow. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Expect about 156 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Kitchener/Waterloo (6.0 km east).
A year in Stanley Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Stanley Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Stanley Park 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
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 7 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
851 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 115 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
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
ECCC’s Kitchener/Waterloo normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 71 km away.
Heating a home in Stanley Park
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Stanley Park’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.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Stanley Park’s hazards page.
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 | 6.0 km east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 71 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 Stanley Park 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Stanley Park’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 13 km from Stanley Park, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Park Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 13 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Stanley Park 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 | −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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −29.4°C to 26.5°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.1°C of the normal, −5.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Stanley Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Stanley Park’s climate
How warm does Stanley Park get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.6°C.
How cold does Stanley Park get in winter?
Expect nights around −10.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Stanley Park get?
A normal year brings 851 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 96 mm, February driest at 46 mm.
Are these figures for Stanley Park itself?
Nearly: Kitchener/Waterloo, the location behind them, sits just beyond Stanley Park’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Stanley 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).