Frosty mornings in Eglinton East are scarcer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 27.0°C. Winter and summer sit 34°C apart. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (City) (15 km south-west).
A year in Eglinton East at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Eglinton East’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Eglinton East 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
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 26 nights. 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 is the wettest month and March the driest. About 104 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
146 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 40 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 17 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Eglinton East
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. A house here needs less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Eglinton East’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 11 April to 6 November without frost, around 208 days in all.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 59 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Eglinton East’s hazards page.
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 | 15 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 17 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 17 km |
How Eglinton East 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
Places around Eglinton East whose figures come from another normals location. Eglinton East has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–25 km out.
Eglinton East 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 |
From −23.1°C to 25.7°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.7°C from −3.5°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Eglinton East’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: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Eglinton East’s climate
How warm does Eglinton East get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 27.0°C.
How cold does Eglinton East get in winter?
Expect nights around −6.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Eglinton East get?
Around 823 mm a year in all, from 82 mm in June down to 53 mm in March.
Are these figures for Eglinton East itself?
Nearly: Toronto (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Eglinton East’s boundary.
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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).