Frosty mornings in Mimico-Queensway are scarcer than in 87% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.3°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in March. The heating season runs November to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Read at Toronto (Island), 7.9 km east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Mimico-Queensway at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mimico-Queensway’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Mimico-Queensway 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
The frost season runs November to April, peaking in January at about 26 nights. About 5 days a year top 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
Some 104 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Toronto (Island) publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from Toronto (City), 9.8 km away.
About 115 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 32 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Toronto (Island) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 13 km away.
Heating a home in Mimico-Queensway
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. Homes here need less heating than 87% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mimico-Queensway’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 14 days a year.
The humidex tops 30 on about 45 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Mimico-Queensway’s hazards page looks at those.
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 | 7.9 km east |
| Station altitude | 77 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Toronto (City), 9.8 km |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 13 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), 9.8 km |
How Mimico-Queensway 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 Mimico-Queensway whose figures come from another normals location. Mimico-Queensway has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 14–25 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mimico-Queensway Toronto (Island) | 25.3°C | −7.1°C | 823 mm |
| Mississauga 14 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C 2.1°C warmer | −8.9°C 1.8°C colder | 807 mm |
| Toronto 14 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C 1.7°C warmer | −6.7°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Vaughan 25 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C 2.0°C warmer | −10.1°C 3.0°C colder | 862 mm |
| Oakville 25 km · Burlington Piers | 25.5°C about the same | −6.3°C 0.8°C milder | 807 mm |
Mimico-Queensway weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| 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 |
A March here can run from −23.1°C to 21.8°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.7°C of its normal of −3.8°C; June keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Mimico-Queensway’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Toronto (Island): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Mimico-Queensway’s climate
How warm does Mimico-Queensway get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.3°C.
How cold does Mimico-Queensway get in winter?
Overnight lows average −7.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Mimico-Queensway 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 Mimico-Queensway itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto (Island) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Mimico-Queensway.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mimico-Queensway →
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