Hillcrest Village has warmer summer afternoons than 91% of Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −10.1°C. The wettest month is June; the driest is February. Frost is rarer than in 70% of Canadian towns: about 145 nights a year drop below freezing. The outdoor season, with highs of 22–26°C, runs through June, August and September.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Toronto Buttonville (Airport) station, 6.5 km north.
A year in Hillcrest Village at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Hillcrest Village’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Hillcrest Village feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 145 frosts and 126 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 6 nights a year.
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
On about 113 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 146 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Hillcrest Village
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. By this count, homes here need less heating than 74% of Canadian towns.
Living with Hillcrest Village’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 3 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 13 October, ends a season of about 161 days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 22 days a year.
A humidex above 30 marks about 55 days in a normal year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Hillcrest Village’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Buttonville (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto Buttonville (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 6.5 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), 15 km |
How Hillcrest Village 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Hillcrest Village’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 10–27 km from Hillcrest Village.
Hillcrest Village 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 | −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 |
From −25.6°C to 26.3°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 3.1°C from −6.0°C. June moves least, typically by 1.2°C.
Where Hillcrest Village’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: 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, 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 Hillcrest Village’s climate
How warm does Hillcrest Village get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 27.3°C on a typical day.
How cold does Hillcrest Village get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Hillcrest Village get?
Rain and snow add up to about 862 mm of water a year; June brings the most (87 mm), February the least (51 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 76 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Hillcrest Village itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto Buttonville (Airport) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Hillcrest Village.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Hillcrest Village →
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).