Ice rarely forms: Harbourfront-CityPlace sees fewer frosts than 87% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.3°C. Winter and summer sit 32°C apart. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 104 times a year.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Toronto (Island) location, 1.3 km south-west.
A year in Harbourfront-CityPlace at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Harbourfront-CityPlace’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Harbourfront-CityPlace feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 110 frosts and 107 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 26. Heat of 30°C or more comes on about 5 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 is the wettest month and March the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Toronto (Island) normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Toronto (City), 3.5 km away.
115 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 20 km away (Toronto (Island) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Harbourfront-CityPlace
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. A house here needs less heating than 87% of Canadian towns.
Living with Harbourfront-CityPlace’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 14 days a year.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 45 days a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Harbourfront-CityPlace’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (Island)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (Island) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 1.3 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Toronto (City), 3.5 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −26.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 16.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (City), 3.5 km |
How Harbourfront-CityPlace 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
Places around Harbourfront-CityPlace whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbourfront-CityPlace Toronto (Island) | 25.3°C | −7.1°C | 823 mm |
| Wellington Place 0.8 km · Toronto (Island) | 25.3°C about the same | −7.1°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Kensington-Chinatown 1.5 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C 1.7°C warmer | −6.7°C about the same | 823 mm |
Harbourfront-CityPlace 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 | −0.5°C | −7.1°C | −3.8°C | 65 mm | 32 cm |
| February | 0.3°C | −6.4°C | −3.1°C | 54 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.2°C | −2.5°C | 0.8°C | 53 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 10.2°C | 2.7°C | 6.5°C | 78 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 16.8°C | 8.3°C | 12.6°C | 76 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 13.9°C | 18.1°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 16.7°C | 21.0°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 17.2°C | 21.0°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.9°C | 13.4°C | 17.2°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.8°C | 7.0°C | 10.5°C | 69 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.5°C | 1.7°C | 4.6°C | 71 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 2.5°C | −3.1°C | −0.3°C | 58 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.4°C | 5.1°C | 8.8°C | 823 mm | 115 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 2.7°C, more than any month, and June least
March has the widest record range, −23.1°C in 2003 to 21.8°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Harbourfront-CityPlace’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Toronto (Island), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Harbourfront-CityPlace’s climate
How warm does Harbourfront-CityPlace get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.3°C on a typical day.
How cold does Harbourfront-CityPlace get in winter?
Overnight lows average −7.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Harbourfront-CityPlace get?
823 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is June (82 mm); the driest, March (53 mm).
Are these figures for Harbourfront-CityPlace itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (Island), just outside Harbourfront-CityPlace’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Harbourfront-CityPlace →
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