Summer afternoons in Bendale-Glen Andrew are warmer than in 91% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −10.1°C. Temperatures cover 37°C across the year, low to high. Frost is rarer than in 70% of Canadian towns: about 145 nights a year drop below freezing. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 145 days a year at 0°C or below.
Read at Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 14 km north-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Bendale-Glen Andrew at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bendale-Glen Andrew’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Bendale-Glen Andrew feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 145 frosts and 126 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 6 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 862 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. About 113 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 146 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Bendale-Glen Andrew
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. That means homes here need less heating than 74% of Canadian towns.
Living with Bendale-Glen Andrew’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 3 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 13 October, leaving roughly 161 days without frost.
Plan time outside for Jun, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Expect around 22 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
On some 55 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Bendale-Glen Andrew’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Buttonville (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto Buttonville (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 14 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 198 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (City), 15 km |
How Bendale-Glen Andrew compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Bendale-Glen Andrew’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bendale-Glen Andrew Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C | −10.1°C | 862 mm |
| Dorset Park 1.7 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C about the same | 862 mm |
| Bendale South 1.9 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 3.4°C milder | 823 mm |
Bendale-Glen Andrew 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 | −1.7°C | −10.1°C | −6.0°C | 64 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −1.0°C | −10.1°C | −5.6°C | 51 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −5.0°C | −0.2°C | 52 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 11.8°C | 1.2°C | 6.5°C | 79 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.4°C | 13.4°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.6°C | 13.0°C | 18.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.3°C | 15.6°C | 21.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 14.8°C | 20.6°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.9°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 4.3°C | 9.4°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 77 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 1.5°C | −5.8°C | −2.2°C | 63 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 2.9°C | 8.0°C | 862 mm | 146 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −25.6°C (2003) and 26.3°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Bendale-Glen Andrew’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Toronto Buttonville (Airport), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew’s climate
How warm does Bendale-Glen Andrew get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 27.3°C.
How cold does Bendale-Glen Andrew get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Bendale-Glen Andrew get?
Precipitation totals 862 mm a year, with June the wettest month (87 mm) and February the driest (51 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 76 days a year.
Are these figures for Bendale-Glen Andrew itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto Buttonville (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Bendale-Glen Andrew.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bendale-Glen Andrew →
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).