Summer afternoons in Quantztown are warmer than in 91% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −10.1°C. Temperatures cover 37°C across the year, low to high. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 70% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Borrowed figures: Quantztown has no normals station, so these come from Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 6.5 km west.
A year in Quantztown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Quantztown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Quantztown feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
145 frost days and 126 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 6 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 862 mm a year
The most falls in June, the least in February. Some 113 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 146 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 40 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Quantztown
93% 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. A house here needs less heating than 74% of Canadian towns.
Living with Quantztown’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
A normal year gives the garden about 161 frost-free days, roughly 3 May to 13 October.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 22 days a year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 55 days a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Quantztown’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Buttonville (Airport)
Toronto Buttonville (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.5 km west |
| Station altitude | 198 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (City), 25 km |
How Quantztown 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 Quantztown’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 16–28 km from Quantztown.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantztown Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C | −10.1°C | 862 mm |
| Pickering 16 km · Oshawa | 25.7°C 1.6°C cooler | −8.9°C 1.2°C milder | 906 mm |
| Toronto 20 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 3.4°C milder | 823 mm |
| Uxbridge 28 km · Udora | 26.3°C 1.0°C cooler | −11.7°C 1.6°C colder | 883 mm |
Quantztown weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.7°C | −10.1°C | −6.0°C | 64 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −1.0°C | −10.1°C | −5.6°C | 51 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −5.0°C | −0.2°C | 52 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 11.8°C | 1.2°C | 6.5°C | 79 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.4°C | 13.4°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.6°C | 13.0°C | 18.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.3°C | 15.6°C | 21.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 14.8°C | 20.6°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.9°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 4.3°C | 9.4°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 77 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 1.5°C | −5.8°C | −2.2°C | 63 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 2.9°C | 8.0°C | 862 mm | 146 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.1°C; the steadiest, June
March has the widest record range, −25.6°C in 2003 to 26.3°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Quantztown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Quantztown’s climate
How warm does Quantztown get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.3°C.
How cold does Quantztown get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Quantztown get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 862 mm a year; June leads with 87 mm and February trails with 51 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 76 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Quantztown itself?
Not as such: Toronto Buttonville (Airport) is the nearest normals location, and Quantztown has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Quantztown →
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).