Frost comes to Yonge-Eglinton less often than to 89% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.0°C. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 86% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is June; the driest is March. Have the furnace checked before November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Read at Toronto (City), 3.9 km south: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Yonge-Eglinton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Yonge-Eglinton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Yonge-Eglinton 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. 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
823 mm of precipitation in a typical 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
Snowfall: Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 17 km away (Toronto (City) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Yonge-Eglinton
94% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: November to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. That means homes here need less heating than 90% of Canadian towns.
Living with Yonge-Eglinton’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.
Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →On some 59 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Yonge-Eglinton’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 | 3.9 km south |
| Station altitude | 113 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 17 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −25.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.2°C |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto (Island), 8.3 km |
How Yonge-Eglinton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Yonge-Eglinton’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 18–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Yonge-Eglinton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-Eglinton Toronto (City) | 27.0°C | −6.7°C | 823 mm |
| Vaughan 18 km · Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C about the same | −10.1°C 3.4°C colder | 862 mm |
| Mississauga 25 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C about the same | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 807 mm |
| Pickering 28 km · Oshawa | 25.7°C 1.3°C cooler | −8.9°C 2.2°C colder | 906 mm |
Yonge-Eglinton 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 March here can run from −23.1°C to 25.7°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.7°C around −3.5°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.2°C).
Where Yonge-Eglinton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Toronto (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Yonge-Eglinton’s climate
How warm does Yonge-Eglinton get in summer?
Afternoons average 27.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Yonge-Eglinton get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −6.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Yonge-Eglinton 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 Yonge-Eglinton itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Toronto (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Yonge-Eglinton.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Yonge-Eglinton →
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