High Park North gets fewer frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 27.0°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, March the driest. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from May to September, with highs of 19–27°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Toronto (City) station, 5.4 km east.
A year in High Park North at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about High Park North’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in High Park North feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
101 frost days and 124 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from November to April, most of all in January (about 26 nights). 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
823 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 104 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 115 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 14 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in High Park North
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with High Park North’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 11 April and the first autumn frost around 6 November: about 208 frost-free days between.
The outdoor season by the averages is May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Roughly 59 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; High Park North’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (City) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 5.4 km east |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 14 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 5.9 km |
How High Park North compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around High Park North whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Park North Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Junction Area 1.2 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C about the same | 823 mm |
| High Park-Swansea 1.8 km · Toronto (Island) | 25.3°C 1.7°C cooler | −7.1°C about the same | 823 mm |
High Park 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
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.7°C around −3.5°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.2°C).
Where High Park North’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: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about High Park North’s climate
How warm does High Park North get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 27.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does High Park North get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −6.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does High Park North get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 823 mm a year; June leads with 82 mm and March trails with 53 mm.
Are these figures for High Park North itself?
They are the normals for Toronto (City), measured just outside High Park North itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for High Park 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).