Despite 2023 and 2024 being chock full of historically significant and concerning heat in Toronto, it’s been many weeks since the city has broken a major weather record — that is, until now.
The data from last month is in, and it looks like T.O. just welcomed its snowiest February ever recorded, with almost a full metre of the white stuff — an astounding 78.2 cm — accumulating at YYZ airport over the course of the month.
The last record of this kind was set in February 2008, when a slightly lesser 76.8 cm fell, and in 29 days versus this year’s 28. But 2025 now boasts the most snowfall of any February past in the city, dating back to when the dossier began in 1938, at the very least.
🥇For the 1st time in recorded history, #Toronto-Pearson had more than 78 cm of snow during a February (February 2025). #YyzWx #TOWx #YYZ #ONWx pic.twitter.com/4Nh4v1C9hX
— Toronto Weather Records🌤 (@YYZ_Weather) March 9, 2025
After last year’s dud of an El Niño winter that brought very little snowfall to the region, this season has been dominated by a La Niña pattern (albeit a weak one) that was predicted to bring messy, heavy snow and ice.
And early forecasts certainly delivered.
Multiple snowstorms pelted the province, bringing snowdrifts the likes of which many of us have not seen in the downtown core since childhood.
Despite the delays in clearing local roads and other issues the storms caused, these snow days were reminiscent of the type of traditional Canadian winters that we are seeing less and less of, and that we should remember fondly, as chaotic as they may be at the time.
As we look toward spring, we can also mark these past few months as the windiest winter Toronto has had in at least 15 years, with an average hourly wind speed of 18.7 km/h, which, according to the Weather Network, can be attributed to active storm tracks, stronger jet streams and multiple low-pressure systems.
