Regent Park gets fewer frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 27.0°C. Seasons differ by 34°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from May to September, with highs of 19–27°C.
Read at Toronto (City), 3.4 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Regent Park at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Regent Park’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Regent Park feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 101 frosts and 124 warm days a year
Frosts fall from November to April; January has the most, about 26. Some 14 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
About 823 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and March the driest. Some 104 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
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
Snowfall: Toronto Pearson (Airport), 22 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Regent Park
94% 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. Homes here need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Regent Park’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
From about 11 April to 6 November the garden is usually clear of frost, some 208 days.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 59 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Regent Park’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 | 3.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 22 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 4.6 km |
How Regent Park 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Regent Park’s own would show the same figures). Regent Park has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regent Park Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Markham 23 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 3.4°C colder | 862 mm |
| Mississauga 26 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C about the same | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 807 mm |
| Pickering 29 km · Oshawa | 25.7°C 1.3°C cooler | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 906 mm |
Regent Park weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −0.3°C | −6.7°C | −3.5°C | 65 mm | 32 cm |
| February | 0.6°C | −6.0°C | −2.7°C | 54 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 5.1°C | −1.8°C | 1.7°C | 53 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.7°C | 3.9°C | 7.8°C | 78 mm | 5 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 | under 1 cm |
| November | 8.1°C | 2.3°C | 5.2°C | 71 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 2.6°C | −2.7°C | −0.1°C | 58 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 13.4°C | 6.0°C | 9.7°C | 823 mm | 115 cm |
March: −23.1°C at its coldest, 25.7°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.7°C around −3.5°C) and June least (1.2°C).
Where Regent Park’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Toronto (City), 1991–2020.
- 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: 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 Regent Park’s climate
How warm does Regent Park get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 27.0°C.
How cold does Regent Park get in winter?
Expect nights around −6.7°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Regent Park get?
The year adds up to 823 mm. June is the peak month (82 mm) and March the low one (53 mm).
Are these figures for Regent Park itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Regent Park.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Regent Park →
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).