Ice rarely forms: Cliffcrest sees fewer frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 27.0°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 34°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 104 times a year.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (City) (14 km south-west).
A year in Cliffcrest at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cliffcrest’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Cliffcrest feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
823 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June brings the most rain and snow; March, the least.
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
Snowfall: Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 19 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Cliffcrest
94% 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. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cliffcrest’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 11 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 6 November, ends a season of about 208 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 59 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Cliffcrest: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
Toronto (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 14 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 19 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 17 km |
How Cliffcrest 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 Cliffcrest’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Cliffcrest with figures are 16–27 km away.
Cliffcrest 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 | −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 |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.7°C; the steadiest month is 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 Cliffcrest’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Toronto (City), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Cliffcrest’s climate
How warm does Cliffcrest get in summer?
Afternoons average 27.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Cliffcrest get in winter?
Expect nights around −6.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Cliffcrest get?
About 823 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (82 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for Cliffcrest itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Cliffcrest.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cliffcrest →
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).