Summer afternoons in Applewood are warmer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −8.9°C. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 82% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 36°C. The furnace earns its keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Applewood has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Toronto Pearson (Airport), 7.8 km north, instead.
A year in Applewood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Applewood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Applewood feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
131 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Some 17 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
807 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 106 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Applewood
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. Homes here need less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Applewood’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 27 April to 20 October without frost, around 174 days in all.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 21 days in a normal year.
About 56 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Applewood: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
ECCC builds the Toronto Pearson (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 7.8 km north |
| Station altitude | 173 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 16 km |
How Applewood 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 Applewood’s would only repeat its figures. Applewood has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–25 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applewood Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Toronto 20 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 2.2°C milder | 823 mm |
| Oakville 20 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
| Vaughan 25 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
Applewood 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 | −1.2°C | −8.9°C | −5.0°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −0.3°C | −8.5°C | −4.4°C | 50 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.8°C | 0.6°C | 51 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 12.0°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 77 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.2°C | 13.7°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.4°C | 16.6°C | 22.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 15.8°C | 21.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.6°C | 16.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 72 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −5.0°C | −1.6°C | 59 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 807 mm | 115 cm |
March: −24.7°C at its coldest, 26.0°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.0°C around −5.0°C) and June least (1.3°C).
Where Applewood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Toronto Pearson (Airport) (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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 Applewood’s climate
How warm does Applewood get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 27.4°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Applewood get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Applewood get?
Some 807 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (81 mm), the least in February (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 69 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Applewood itself?
No, they come from Toronto Pearson (Airport); ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Applewood itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Applewood →
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).