July in Dixie runs hotter than in 95% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −8.9°C. Temperatures cover 36°C across the year, low to high. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 131 days a year at 0°C or below.
These are not Dixie’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Toronto Pearson (Airport), 8.2 km north-west.
A year in Dixie at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dixie’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Dixie feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 131 frosts and 125 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. About 17 days a year top 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
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
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Dixie
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dixie’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Wait until about 27 April to plant out; frost tends to come back around 20 October, about 174 days later.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 21 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Expect around 56 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Dixie’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto Pearson (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.2 km north-west |
| 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), 14 km |
How Dixie 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Dixie’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Dixie with figures are 19–27 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Toronto 19 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 2.2°C milder | 823 mm |
| Oakville 21 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 |
Dixie 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 | −1.2°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 Dixie’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Toronto Pearson (Airport), 1991–2020.
- 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Dixie’s climate
How warm does Dixie get in summer?
Highs reach 27.4°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Dixie get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Dixie get?
Around 807 mm a year in all, from 81 mm in June down to 50 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 69 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Dixie itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Toronto Pearson (Airport), since Dixie has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dixie →
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).