St.Andrew-Windfields gets fewer frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 27.0°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and March the least. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from May to September, with highs of 19–27°C.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, 9.7 km south.
A year in St.Andrew-Windfields at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about St.Andrew-Windfields’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in St.Andrew-Windfields 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
Frost comes from November to April, most of all in January (about 26 nights). 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
Some 104 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 146 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Toronto (City) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 12 km away.
Heating a home in St.Andrew-Windfields
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. That means homes here need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with St.Andrew-Windfields’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Count on about 208 frost-free days: the last frost averages 11 April, the first 6 November.
For long days outdoors, May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 59 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for St.Andrew-Windfields: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (City) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 9.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 12 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 12 km |
How St.Andrew-Windfields 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on St.Andrew-Windfields’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| St.Andrew-Windfields Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Avondale 1.4 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C about the same | 823 mm |
| Bayview Village 1.7 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 3.4°C colder | 862 mm |
St.Andrew-Windfields 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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.7°C; the steadiest, June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −23.1°C (2003) and 25.7°C (1998).
Where St.Andrew-Windfields’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Toronto (City), 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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 St.Andrew-Windfields’s climate
How warm does St.Andrew-Windfields get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 27.0°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does St.Andrew-Windfields get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −6.7°C.
How much rain and snow does St.Andrew-Windfields get?
About 823 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (82 mm) and March the driest (53 mm).
Are these figures for St.Andrew-Windfields itself?
They are the normals for Toronto (City), measured just outside St.Andrew-Windfields itself.
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