Maple has warmer summer afternoons than 91% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −10.1°C. Precipitation peaks in June and eases off in February. Frosty nights are scarcer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Expect about 145 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Borrowed figures: Maple has no normals station, so these come from Toronto Buttonville (Airport), 12 km east.
A year in Maple at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Maple’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Maple feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 145 frosts and 126 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 6 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 862 mm a year
On about 113 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 146 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 40 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Maple
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. Homes here need less heating than 74% of Canadian towns.
Living with Maple’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 3 May until frost returns near 13 October: about 161 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 22 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 55 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Maple’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Toronto Buttonville (Airport)
ECCC builds the Toronto Buttonville (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 12 km east |
| Station altitude | 198 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.8°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the north |
| Next-nearest location | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 21 km |
How Maple 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
Places around Maple whose figures come from another normals location. Maple has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–30 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Toronto Buttonville (Airport) | 27.3°C | −10.1°C | 862 mm |
| Toronto 18 km · Toronto (City) | 27.0°C about the same | −6.7°C 3.4°C milder | 823 mm |
| Bolton 23 km · Toronto Pearson (Airport) | 27.4°C about the same | −8.9°C 1.2°C milder | 807 mm |
| Bradford 29 km · Egbert | 26.0°C 1.3°C cooler | −11.3°C 1.2°C colder | 793 mm |
| East Gwillimbury 30 km · Udora | 26.3°C 1.0°C cooler | −11.7°C 1.6°C colder | 883 mm |
Maple 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 | −1.7°C | −10.1°C | −6.0°C | 64 mm | 40 cm |
| February | −1.0°C | −10.1°C | −5.6°C | 51 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 4.6°C | −5.0°C | −0.2°C | 52 mm | 20 cm |
| April | 11.8°C | 1.2°C | 6.5°C | 79 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 7.4°C | 13.4°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.6°C | 13.0°C | 18.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.3°C | 15.6°C | 21.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.3°C | 14.8°C | 20.6°C | 72 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.9°C | 10.4°C | 16.2°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.3°C | 4.3°C | 9.4°C | 71 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 7.4°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 77 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 1.5°C | −5.8°C | −2.2°C | 63 mm | 33 cm |
| Year | 13.0°C | 2.9°C | 8.0°C | 862 mm | 146 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −25.6°C (2003) to 26.3°C (2012).
Where Maple’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Toronto Buttonville (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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: 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 Maple’s climate
How warm does Maple get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 27.3°C.
How cold does Maple get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −10.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Maple get?
Precipitation totals 862 mm a year, with June the wettest month (87 mm) and February the driest (51 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 76 days a year.
Are these figures for Maple itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Toronto Buttonville (Airport), outside Maple.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Maple →
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).