Playter Estates-Danforth gets fewer frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 27.0°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. Seasons differ by 34°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Heating does most of its work from November to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Toronto (City) station, 3.7 km west.
A year in Playter Estates-Danforth at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Playter Estates-Danforth’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Playter Estates-Danforth feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 101 days, 20°C on 124
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 26. About 14 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
The most falls in June, the least in March. About 104 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 146 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 40 cm in January, the snowiest month.
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 Playter Estates-Danforth
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. That means homes here need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Playter Estates-Danforth’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 11 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 6 November, ends a season of about 208 days.
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 →About 59 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Playter Estates-Danforth’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
Toronto (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 3.7 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), 6.5 km |
How Playter Estates-Danforth 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 Playter Estates-Danforth’s would only repeat its figures. Playter Estates-Danforth has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–27 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playter Estates-Danforth Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Markham 21 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 3.4°C colder | 862 mm |
| Pickering 27 km · Oshawa | 25.7°C 1.3°C cooler | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 906 mm |
| Mississauga 27 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C about the same | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 807 mm |
Playter Estates-Danforth 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 | −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 |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.7°C; the steadiest month is June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −23.1°C (2003) and 25.7°C (1998).
Where Playter Estates-Danforth’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: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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, 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 Playter Estates-Danforth’s climate
How warm does Playter Estates-Danforth get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 27.0°C.
How cold does Playter Estates-Danforth 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 Playter Estates-Danforth get?
Around 823 mm a year in all, from 82 mm in June down to 53 mm in March.
Are these figures for Playter Estates-Danforth itself?
They are the normals for Toronto (City), measured just outside Playter Estates-Danforth itself.
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