Frosty mornings in Oakridge are scarcer than in 89% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 27.0°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 34°C apart. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. About 104 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Toronto (City) station, 10 km west.
A year in Oakridge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Oakridge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Oakridge feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 101 frosts and 124 warm days 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
About 823 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and March the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 146 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Toronto (City) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 20 km away.
Heating a home in Oakridge
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Oakridge’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 11 April until frost returns near 6 November: about 208 days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →On some 59 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Oakridge’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
ECCC builds the Toronto (City) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 10 km west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 12 km |
How Oakridge 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Oakridge’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 18–27 km from Oakridge.
Oakridge 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 | 40 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −6.0°C | −2.7°C | 54 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 5.1°C | −1.8°C | 1.7°C | 53 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 3.9°C | 7.8°C | 78 mm | 7 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 | 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −2.7°C | −0.1°C | 58 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 13.4°C | 6.0°C | 9.7°C | 823 mm | 146 cm |
In March, anything from −23.1°C to 25.7°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.7°C of its normal of −3.5°C; June keeps to within 1.2°C.
Where Oakridge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Toronto (City), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Oakridge’s climate
How warm does Oakridge get in summer?
Expect highs near 27.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Oakridge get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −6.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Oakridge get?
A normal year brings 823 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 82 mm, March driest at 53 mm.
Are these figures for Oakridge itself?
Nearly: Toronto (City), the location behind them, sits just beyond Oakridge’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Oakridge →
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).