Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Summer arrives in force in Addington Highlands, hotter than in 89% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −12.4°C. Expect the most rain and snow in September and the least in February. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 67% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Addington Highlands itself; the figures are those of Centreville, 44 km south-east.
A year in Addington Highlands at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Addington Highlands’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Addington Highlands feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
154 frost days and 124 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 13 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 984 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 128 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 158 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Addington Highlands
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Addington Highlands’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Addington Highlands’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Centreville
Centreville is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 44 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 150 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Bancroft, 67 km |
How Addington Highlands compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Addington Highlands’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 38–63 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Addington Highlands.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addington Highlands Centreville | 27.2°C | −12.4°C | 984 mm |
| Centre Hastings 38 km · Trenton | 26.5°C 0.7°C cooler | −11.2°C 1.2°C milder | 941 mm |
| South Frontenac 59 km · Kingston | 25.4°C 1.8°C cooler | −11.5°C 0.9°C milder | 984 mm |
| Lanark Highlands 63 km · Drummond Centre | 27.1°C about the same | −14.2°C 1.8°C colder | 939 mm |
Addington Highlands weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −2.9°C | −12.4°C | −7.7°C | 86 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −11.6°C | −6.5°C | 61 mm | 34 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −6.3°C | −1.4°C | 65 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 11.9°C | 0.8°C | 6.3°C | 88 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 19.6°C | 7.2°C | 13.4°C | 84 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 12.2°C | 18.4°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.2°C | 14.9°C | 21.1°C | 68 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26.2°C | 13.9°C | 20.1°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.9°C | 9.9°C | 15.9°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 3.9°C | 9.0°C | 96 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.9°C | −1.7°C | 2.6°C | 88 mm | 12 cm |
| December | 0.4°C | −7.5°C | −3.6°C | 83 mm | 35 cm |
| Year | 12.7°C | 1.9°C | 7.3°C | 984 mm | 158 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.1°C), June least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −28.0°C in 2003 to 27.5°C in 2012.
Where Addington Highlands’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Centreville (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: 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 Addington Highlands’s climate
How warm does Addington Highlands get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.2°C.
How cold does Addington Highlands get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −12.4°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Addington Highlands get?
About 984 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. September is the wettest month (100 mm) and February the driest (61 mm).
Are these figures for Addington Highlands itself?
No, they come from Centreville; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Addington Highlands itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Addington Highlands →
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).