July in Lisgar runs hotter than in 95% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −8.9°C. A year here swings 36°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of Canadian towns. For walks and days out, May, June, August and September bring highs of 19–26°C.
These are not Lisgar’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Toronto Pearson (Airport), 17 km north-east.
A year in Lisgar at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lisgar’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Lisgar feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
131 frost days and 125 days above 20°C a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 807 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 106 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 115 cm of snow a 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 Lisgar
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 Lisgar’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 27 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 20 October, ends a season of about 174 days.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 21 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 56 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Lisgar’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
Toronto Pearson (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north-east |
| 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 | Burlington Piers, 31 km |
How Lisgar 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 Lisgar’s would only repeat its figures. Lisgar has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 10 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisgar Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Milton 10 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
Lisgar 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 |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.0°C), June least
March has the widest record range, −24.7°C in 2003 to 26.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Lisgar’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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Lisgar’s climate
How warm does Lisgar get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 27.4°C.
How cold does Lisgar get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −8.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Lisgar 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?
On about 69 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Lisgar itself?
They are borrowed from Toronto Pearson (Airport), the nearest place to Lisgar where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lisgar →
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).