{
  "name": "Toronto",
  "type": "city",
  "url": "https://snowingplaces.com/cities/toronto/",
  "summary": "Canada's largest city, with cold winters and regular snow moderated by Lake Ontario.",
  "location": {
    "country": "Canada",
    "region": "Ontario",
    "latitude": 43.67,
    "longitude": -79.39
  },
  "elevationMetres": {
    "city": 118
  },
  "factsVerified": false,
  "forecast": {
    "status": "out of season",
    "resumes": "October"
  },
  "snowRecord": {
    "metric": "average days per month with at least 1 cm of snowfall",
    "period": "2016–2025",
    "source": "ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo",
    "elevation": "city centre",
    "daysPerMonth": {
      "january": 4.5,
      "february": 5.6,
      "march": 2.8,
      "april": 1.4,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 1.8,
      "december": 5.2
    },
    "shareOfAnnualSnowfallPercent": {
      "january": 22,
      "february": 30,
      "march": 13,
      "april": 5,
      "may": 0,
      "june": 0,
      "july": 0,
      "august": 0,
      "september": 0,
      "october": 0,
      "november": 8,
      "december": 22
    },
    "averageDailyTemperatureC": {
      "january": {
        "low": -6.5,
        "high": 0
      },
      "february": {
        "low": -6.4,
        "high": 1.5
      },
      "march": {
        "low": -2.6,
        "high": 5.5
      },
      "april": {
        "low": 2.2,
        "high": 10.9
      },
      "may": {
        "low": 8.6,
        "high": 17.7
      },
      "june": {
        "low": 14.7,
        "high": 23.7
      },
      "july": {
        "low": 18.1,
        "high": 26.8
      },
      "august": {
        "low": 17.8,
        "high": 25.8
      },
      "september": {
        "low": 14.6,
        "high": 22.3
      },
      "october": {
        "low": 8.7,
        "high": 15.6
      },
      "november": {
        "low": 1.6,
        "high": 8
      },
      "december": {
        "low": -3.2,
        "high": 2.6
      }
    },
    "wintersAsPercentOfAverage": {
      "2016/17": 86,
      "2017/18": 89,
      "2018/19": 92,
      "2019/20": 117,
      "2020/21": 93,
      "2021/22": 128,
      "2022/23": 120,
      "2023/24": 57,
      "2024/25": 94,
      "2025/26": 125
    },
    "holidays": {
      "christmas": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 7,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 7
      },
      "newYear": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 3,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 7
      },
      "midFebruary": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 8,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 10
      },
      "easter": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 1
      },
      "midJuly": {
        "years": 10,
        "yearsWithSnowOnGround": 0,
        "yearsWithFreshSnow": 0
      }
    },
    "note": "Absolute snowfall and depth are not published: ERA5 underestimates them in mountain terrain."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Toronto on Wikidata",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172"
    },
    {
      "label": "Elevation from the Open-Meteo terrain model at the city centre coordinates",
      "url": "https://open-meteo.com/en/docs/elevation-api"
    }
  ],
  "methodology": "https://snowingplaces.com/methodology/",
  "attribution": "snowingplaces.com. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com."
}