Afternoon heat in Fenside-Parkwoods beats that of 91% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −10.1°C. Frost is rarer than in 70% of Canadian towns: about 145 nights a year drop below freezing. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Plan for rain or snow on about 113 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Toronto Buttonville (Airport) station, 12 km north.
A year in Fenside-Parkwoods at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fenside-Parkwoods’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Fenside-Parkwoods feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
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
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 146 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 40 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Fenside-Parkwoods
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. That means homes here need less heating than 74% of Canadian towns.
Living with Fenside-Parkwoods’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 3 May and returns near 13 October, about 161 days apart.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 22 days with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 55 days a year.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Fenside-Parkwoods’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Buttonville (Airport)
Toronto Buttonville (Airport) is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 12 km north |
| 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), 12 km |
How Fenside-Parkwoods 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 Fenside-Parkwoods’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenside-Parkwoods Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C | −10.1°C | 862 mm |
| Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills 1.2 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 3.4°C milder | 823 mm |
| Henry Farm 1.7 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C about the same | 862 mm |
Fenside-Parkwoods weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| 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 |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.1°C), June least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −25.6°C (2003) and 26.3°C (2012).
Where Fenside-Parkwoods’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Toronto Buttonville (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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 Fenside-Parkwoods’s climate
How warm does Fenside-Parkwoods get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 27.3°C.
How cold does Fenside-Parkwoods get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Fenside-Parkwoods 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?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 76 days a year.
Are these figures for Fenside-Parkwoods itself?
Nearly: Toronto Buttonville (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Fenside-Parkwoods’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fenside-Parkwoods →
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).