Uptown has warmer summer afternoons than 95% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −8.9°C on average. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. Frost is rarer than in 82% of Canadian towns: about 131 nights a year drop below freezing. About 106 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
No ECCC station in Uptown has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Toronto Pearson (Airport), 8.6 km north, instead.
A year in Uptown at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Uptown’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Uptown feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 131 days, 20°C on 125
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 17 days a year.
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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical 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 Uptown
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Uptown’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 174 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 27 April to a first of 20 October.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 21 days a year.
Plan shade and water for about 56 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Uptown’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 8.6 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), 20 km |
How Uptown 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
Places around Uptown whose figures come from another normals location. Uptown has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 17–30 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uptown Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Oakville 17 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
| Toronto 24 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 2.2°C milder | 823 mm |
| Vaughan 28 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
Uptown weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
From year to year, January moves by 3.0°C, more than any month, and June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −24.7°C in 2003 and a high of 26.0°C in 2012.
Where Uptown’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Toronto Pearson (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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 (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 Uptown’s climate
How warm does Uptown get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.4°C.
How cold does Uptown get in winter?
Overnight lows average −8.9°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Uptown get?
Rain and snow add up to about 807 mm of water a year; June brings the most (81 mm), February the least (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 69 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Uptown itself?
Not quite: they come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), the closest ECCC normals location to Uptown.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Uptown →
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).