Ice rarely forms: Hamilton Road sees fewer frosts than 75% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 26.6°C. The wettest month is September; the driest is February. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Have the furnace checked before October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Read at London, 6.7 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Hamilton Road at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hamilton Road’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Hamilton Road feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 139 frosts and 128 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 11 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
About 962 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 128 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 152 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 43 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
London publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Strathroy-Mullifarry, 37 km away.
Heating a home in Hamilton Road
92% 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. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 79% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hamilton Road’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 165 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 3 May to a first of 16 October.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 18 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 55 days when the humidex passes 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Hamilton Road’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: London
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for London are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 6.7 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 278 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 37 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −29.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Strathroy-Mullifarry, 37 km |
How Hamilton Road 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 Hamilton Road’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Hamilton Road with figures are 24–39 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Road London | 26.6°C | −9.1°C | 962 mm |
| Oneida 41 24 km · Strathroy-Mullifarry | 27.3°C 0.7°C warmer | −8.5°C 0.6°C milder | 966 mm |
| South-West Oxford 33 km · Delhi | 27.5°C 0.9°C warmer | −8.9°C about the same | 965 mm |
Hamilton Road 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 | −1.6°C | −9.1°C | −5.4°C | 79 mm | 43 cm |
| February | −0.6°C | −9.0°C | −4.8°C | 63 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −4.5°C | 0.1°C | 67 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 12.2°C | 1.4°C | 6.8°C | 89 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.7°C | 13.5°C | 89 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 13.2°C | 18.8°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.3°C | 21.0°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 14.4°C | 20.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.1°C | 10.5°C | 16.3°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.7°C | 5.0°C | 9.9°C | 83 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.5°C | −0.3°C | 3.6°C | 88 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 1.4°C | −5.2°C | −2.0°C | 79 mm | 37 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 3.3°C | 8.2°C | 962 mm | 152 cm |
From −25.6°C to 27.2°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 3.0°C from −4.8°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Hamilton Road’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, London: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Hamilton Road’s climate
How warm does Hamilton Road get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 26.6°C.
How cold does Hamilton Road get in winter?
Overnight lows average −9.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Hamilton Road get?
The yearly total is about 962 mm. September gets 93 mm, the most of any month; February gets 63 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Hamilton Road itself?
They are the normals for London, measured just outside Hamilton Road itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hamilton Road →
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