Photo: Ainuvas · CC BY-SA 4.0Parkhill has warmer summer afternoons than 91% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −8.5°C. Expect the most rain and snow in November and the least in February. Winters are mild: January nights here are milder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside for May, June, August and September, when highs sit at 20–26°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Parkhill is Strathroy-Mullifarry, 23 km south, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Parkhill at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Parkhill’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Parkhill feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 137 days, 20°C on 131
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 966 mm a year
Some 132 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 152 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 43 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Parkhill
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. A house here needs less heating than 86% of Canadian towns.
Living with Parkhill’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 155 days, roughly 8 May to 11 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Parkhill’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Strathroy-Mullifarry
Strathroy-Mullifarry is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south |
| Station altitude | 229 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | London, 45 km |
How Parkhill 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 Parkhill’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 23–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Parkhill.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkhill Strathroy-Mullifarry | 27.3°C | −8.5°C | 966 mm |
| Lucan 23 km · London | 26.6°C 0.7°C cooler | −9.1°C 0.6°C colder | 962 mm |
| Kettle Point 44 27 km · Sarnia | 26.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −8.2°C about the same | 871 mm |
Parkhill weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.5°C | −8.5°C | −5.0°C | 81 mm | 43 cm |
| February | −0.4°C | −8.3°C | −4.4°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 5.1°C | −3.8°C | 0.7°C | 66 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 12.7°C | 2.1°C | 7.4°C | 88 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.9°C | 8.2°C | 14.1°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 25.0°C | 13.5°C | 19.3°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.3°C | 15.7°C | 21.5°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.2°C | 14.8°C | 20.5°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.8°C | 11.1°C | 17.0°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15.3°C | 5.8°C | 10.6°C | 84 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.8°C | 0.4°C | 4.1°C | 90 mm | 13 cm |
| December | 1.5°C | −4.7°C | −1.6°C | 79 mm | 37 cm |
| Year | 13.5°C | 3.9°C | 8.7°C | 966 mm | 152 cm |
March has run from −28.0°C to 27.5°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 3.2°C from −4.4°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Parkhill’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Strathroy-Mullifarry, the nearest location with a full year 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: 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 Parkhill’s climate
How warm does Parkhill get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 27.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Parkhill get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −8.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Parkhill get?
The yearly total is about 966 mm. November gets 90 mm, the most of any month; February gets 62 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 80 days a year.
Are these figures for Parkhill itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Strathroy-Mullifarry, not in Parkhill; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Parkhill →
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).