Saturday, September 20, 2008

Toronto weather

Toronto's climate is moderate for Canada due to its southerly location within the country and its proximity to Lake Ontario. It has a humid continental climate, with warm, humid summers and generally cold winters. The city experiences four distinct seasons with considerable variance in day to day temperature, particularly during the colder weather season. Toronto winters sometimes feature short cold snaps where maximum temperatures remain below −10 °C, often made to feel colder by wind chill. Snowstorms, sometimes mixed with ice and rain can disrupt work and travel schedules, accumulating snow can fall anytime from November until mid-April. Summer in Toronto is characterized by long stretches of humid weather. Daytime temperatures occasionally surpass 35 °C, with high humidity making it feel oppressive during usually brief periods of hot weather. Spring and Autumn are transitional seasons with generally mild or cool temperatures with alternating dry and wet periods.
The average yearly precipitation is 83 cm, with an average annual snowfall of about 133 cm. Toronto experiences an average of 2,038 sunshine hours or 44% of possible, most of it during the warmer weather season. (from wikipedia)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Toronto is a great city,i visited it last time in October and was impressed with the hospitality and kindness.Every thing from Toronto airport taxi to hotel tour guys all was good.Toronto airport limo was fun to have in such a low price.All museums and downtown was clean.
I simply loved it.