Summer afternoons in Markland Wood are warmer than in 95% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −8.9°C. A year here swings 36°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. By frosts alone, it ranks gentler than 82% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season, with highs of 19–26°C, runs through May, June, August and September.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Toronto Pearson (Airport) (6.8 km north-west).
A year in Markland Wood at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Markland Wood’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Markland Wood feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 131 frosts and 125 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 17 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
807 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in June, the least in February. About 106 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 115 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 32 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Markland Wood
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Markland Wood’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 174 frost-free days, roughly 27 April to 20 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 21 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
On some 56 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Markland Wood’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Pearson (Airport)
ECCC builds the Toronto Pearson (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 173 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.9°C |
| Average wind | 15.7 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 14 km |
How Markland Wood 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
Places around Markland Wood whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 17–28 km from Markland Wood.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markland Wood Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C | −8.9°C | 807 mm |
| Toronto 17 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 2.2°C milder | 823 mm |
| Vaughan 23 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 1.2°C colder | 862 mm |
| Oakville 23 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C 1.9°C cooler | −6.3°C 2.6°C milder | 807 mm |
Markland Wood weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1.2°C | −8.9°C | −5.0°C | 62 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −0.3°C | −8.5°C | −4.4°C | 50 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.0°C | −3.8°C | 0.6°C | 51 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 12.0°C | 1.9°C | 7.0°C | 77 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 8.2°C | 13.7°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 13.9°C | 19.2°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.4°C | 16.6°C | 22.1°C | 74 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 15.8°C | 21.1°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22.3°C | 11.6°C | 16.9°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.6°C | 5.3°C | 10.0°C | 67 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 7.9°C | 0.2°C | 4.1°C | 72 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 1.9°C | −5.0°C | −1.6°C | 59 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 807 mm | 115 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.0°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −24.7°C (2003) and 26.0°C (2012).
Where Markland Wood’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Toronto Pearson (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Markland Wood’s climate
How warm does Markland Wood get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 27.4°C.
How cold does Markland Wood get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −8.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Markland Wood get?
Count on roughly 807 mm a year, heaviest in June (81 mm) and lightest in February (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 69 days a year.
Are these figures for Markland Wood itself?
Nearly: Toronto Pearson (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Markland Wood’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Markland Wood →
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).