Frost comes to Forest Hill North less often than to 89% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 27.0°C on average. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 34°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs hotter than 86% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, 4.6 km south-east.
A year in Forest Hill North at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Forest Hill North’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Forest Hill North feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 101 frosts and 124 warm days a year
Frost comes from November to April, most of all in January (about 26 nights). Some 14 days a year climb past 30°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 823 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and March the driest. On about 104 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 17 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Forest Hill North
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. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Forest Hill North’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 59 days a year.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Forest Hill North’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 4.6 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 17 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 8.7 km |
How Forest Hill North 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 Forest Hill North’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Forest Hill North with figures are 17–27 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Hill North Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Vaughan 17 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 3.4°C colder | 862 mm |
| Mississauga 23 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C about the same | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 807 mm |
Forest Hill North 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 | −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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −23.1°C to 25.7°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.7°C of the normal, −3.5°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.2°C.
Where Forest Hill North’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: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Forest Hill North’s climate
How warm does Forest Hill North get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 27.0°C.
How cold does Forest Hill North get in winter?
Lows sink to −6.7°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Forest Hill North 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 Forest Hill North itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Forest Hill North.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Forest Hill North →
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).