Frosty mornings in Dufferin Grove are scarcer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 27.0°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 34°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 86% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from November to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Read at Toronto (City), 3.3 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Dufferin Grove at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Dufferin Grove’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Dufferin Grove feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 101 days, 20°C on 124
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 26. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 14 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 823 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; March, the least. About 104 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 115 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 32 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 16 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Dufferin Grove
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Dufferin Grove’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
From about 11 April to 6 November the garden is usually clear of frost, some 208 days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 59 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Dufferin Grove’s risks.
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 | 3.3 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 16 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 4.1 km |
How Dufferin Grove 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 Dufferin Grove’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dufferin Grove Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Junction-Wallace Emerson 1.1 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Roncesvalles 1.2 km · Toronto (Island) | 25.3°C 1.7°C cooler | −7.1°C about the same | 823 mm |
Dufferin Grove 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 | 32 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −6.0°C | −2.7°C | 54 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.1°C | −1.8°C | 1.7°C | 53 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 3.9°C | 7.8°C | 78 mm | 5 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 | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −2.7°C | −0.1°C | 58 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.4°C | 6.0°C | 9.7°C | 823 mm | 115 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 2.7°C, more than any month, and June least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −23.1°C in 2003 and a high of 25.7°C in 1998.
Where Dufferin Grove’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Toronto (City): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Dufferin Grove’s climate
How warm does Dufferin Grove get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 27.0°C.
How cold does Dufferin Grove get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −6.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Dufferin Grove get?
Precipitation totals 823 mm a year, with June the wettest month (82 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for Dufferin Grove itself?
They are the normals for Toronto (City), measured just outside Dufferin Grove itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Dufferin Grove →
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).