Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Afternoon heat in Almonte beats that of 88% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −14.2°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 62% of Canadian towns. About 123 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Almonte itself; the figures are those of Drummond Centre, 23 km south.
A year in Almonte at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Almonte’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Almonte feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 163 frosts and 121 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 19 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
Rain and melted snow: about 939 mm a year
The most falls in September, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
187 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 46 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Almonte
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.
Living with Almonte’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Almonte’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummond Centre
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Drummond Centre.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Luskville, 35 km |
How Almonte compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Almonte’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almonte Drummond Centre | 27.1°C | −14.2°C | 939 mm |
| Corkery 10 km · Luskville | 26.9°C about the same | −16.0°C 1.8°C colder | 968 mm |
| Carleton Place 11 km · Drummond Centre | 27.1°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 939 mm |
Almonte 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 | −4.6°C | −14.2°C | −9.5°C | 74 mm | 46 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −13.5°C | −8.0°C | 57 mm | 40 cm |
| March | 3.7°C | −7.3°C | −1.9°C | 62 mm | 27 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.1°C | 5.9°C | 78 mm | 11 cm |
| May | 19.8°C | 6.8°C | 13.2°C | 74 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 11.9°C | 18.1°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.1°C | 14.3°C | 20.7°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 13.2°C | 19.5°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.2°C | 9.1°C | 15.2°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | 3.5°C | 8.4°C | 87 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.9°C | −2.4°C | 1.8°C | 75 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −1.2°C | −9.0°C | −5.1°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 1.0°C | 6.5°C | 939 mm | 187 cm |
In March, anything from −33.0°C to 27.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.0°C around −9.5°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Almonte’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Drummond Centre, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Almonte’s climate
How warm does Almonte get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 27.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Almonte get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.2°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Almonte get?
A normal year brings 939 mm, snow included as water: September is wettest at 91 mm, February driest at 57 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 116 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Almonte itself?
Not quite: they come from Drummond Centre, the closest ECCC normals location to Almonte.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Almonte →
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).