East Riverside has some of the warmest summer afternoons among Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −6.3°C. None of the 871 towns of 2,500+ in Ontario has milder January nights. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 36°C. Expect about 113 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Windsor Riverside (1.4 km west).
A year in East Riverside at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about East Riverside’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in East Riverside feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 113 days, 20°C on 148
Frosts fall from October to April; January has the most, about 27. About 33 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
Rain and melted snow: about 935 mm a year
The most falls in May, the least in February. On about 109 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 107 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 33 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in East Riverside
95% 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 93% of Canadian towns.
Living with East Riverside’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 24 April to 27 October without frost, around 186 days in all.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for East Riverside: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Windsor Riverside
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Windsor Riverside.
| Distance from the town | 1.4 km west |
| Station altitude | 188 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 39.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Windsor, 6.6 km |
How East Riverside 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 East Riverside whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Riverside Windsor Riverside | 29.2°C | −6.3°C | 935 mm |
| Forest Glade 2.9 km · Windsor Riverside | 29.2°C about the same | −6.3°C about the same | 935 mm |
| Fontainebleau 5.1 km · Windsor | 28.3°C 0.9°C cooler | −7.1°C 0.8°C colder | 954 mm |
East Riverside 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 | 0.5°C | −6.3°C | −2.9°C | 70 mm | 33 cm |
| February | 2.3°C | −5.6°C | −1.6°C | 62 mm | 26 cm |
| March | 7.8°C | −1.6°C | 3.1°C | 65 mm | 16 cm |
| April | 14.8°C | 4.0°C | 9.4°C | 88 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 21.5°C | 10.1°C | 15.8°C | 94 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 27.0°C | 16.0°C | 21.5°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29.2°C | 18.4°C | 23.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28.0°C | 17.8°C | 22.9°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24.3°C | 13.9°C | 19.1°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17.0°C | 7.7°C | 12.4°C | 69 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 9.5°C | 1.9°C | 5.7°C | 71 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 3.2°C | −2.9°C | 0.2°C | 65 mm | 21 cm |
| Year | 15.4°C | 6.1°C | 10.8°C | 935 mm | 107 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 2.8°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −20.0°C (2003) and 28.5°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where East Riverside’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Windsor Riverside from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 East Riverside’s climate
How warm does East Riverside get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 29.2°C.
How cold does East Riverside get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −6.3°C.
How much rain and snow does East Riverside get?
Rain and snow add up to about 935 mm of water a year; May brings the most (94 mm), February the least (62 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 54 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for East Riverside itself?
Nearly: Windsor Riverside, the location behind them, sits just beyond East Riverside’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for East Riverside →
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).