July in Vinegar Hill runs hotter than in 91% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −10.1°C. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 70% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Expect about 145 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
These are not Vinegar Hill’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 9.0 km west.
A year in Vinegar Hill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Vinegar Hill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Vinegar Hill feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 145 days, 20°C on 126
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 6 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
862 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 113 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 146 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Vinegar Hill
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need less heating than 74% of Canadian towns.
Living with Vinegar Hill’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Wait until about 3 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 13 October, about 161 days later.
Plan time outside for Jun, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 22 days with a wind chill below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 55 days in a normal year.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Vinegar Hill’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Buttonville (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto Buttonville (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 9.0 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), 23 km |
How Vinegar Hill 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
Places around Vinegar Hill whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 12–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Vinegar Hill.
Vinegar Hill 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 | −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 |
March: −25.6°C at its coldest, 26.3°C at its warmest
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.1°C from −6.0°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Vinegar Hill’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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Vinegar Hill’s climate
How warm does Vinegar Hill get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 27.3°C.
How cold does Vinegar Hill get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −10.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Vinegar Hill get?
The year adds up to 862 mm. June is the peak month (87 mm) and February the low one (51 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 76 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Vinegar Hill itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Toronto Buttonville (Airport); Vinegar Hill has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Vinegar 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).