Frosty mornings in Birchcliffe-Cliffside are scarcer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.0°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is March. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 104 days a year with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, 11 km west.
A year in Birchcliffe-Cliffside at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Birchcliffe-Cliffside feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 101 days, 20°C on 124
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 26. About 14 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
Rain and melted snow: about 823 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
146 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Toronto (City) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 20 km away.
Heating a home in Birchcliffe-Cliffside
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. By this count, homes here need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 11 April to about 6 November, some 208 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The humidex tops 30 on about 59 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
ECCC builds the Toronto (City) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 13 km |
How Birchcliffe-Cliffside 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 19–27 km from Birchcliffe-Cliffside.
Birchcliffe-Cliffside weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.3°C | −6.7°C | −3.5°C | 65 mm | 40 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −6.0°C | −2.7°C | 54 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 5.1°C | −1.8°C | 1.7°C | 53 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 3.9°C | 7.8°C | 78 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 10.0°C | 14.5°C | 76 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 15.3°C | 19.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.0°C | 18.1°C | 22.5°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.1°C | 17.7°C | 21.9°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.0°C | 13.8°C | 17.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 7.7°C | 11.2°C | 69 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −2.7°C | −0.1°C | 58 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 13.4°C | 6.0°C | 9.7°C | 823 mm | 146 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.7°C; the steadiest, June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −23.1°C in 2003 to 25.7°C in 1998.
Where Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Toronto (City), 1991–2020.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s climate
How warm does Birchcliffe-Cliffside get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 27.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Birchcliffe-Cliffside get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −6.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Birchcliffe-Cliffside get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 823 mm a year; June leads with 82 mm and March trails with 53 mm.
Are these figures for Birchcliffe-Cliffside itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (City), just outside Birchcliffe-Cliffside’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Birchcliffe-Cliffside →
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