Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0Afternoon heat in Beckwith beats that of 88% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.2°C on average. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 62% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 41°C across the year, low to high. The outdoor season, with highs of 21–26°C, runs through June, August and September.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Beckwith is Drummond Centre, 14 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Beckwith at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beckwith’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Beckwith feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 163 frosts and 121 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 19 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
939 mm of precipitation in a typical year
September brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 123 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
187 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 46 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beckwith
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 Beckwith’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Beckwith’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 | 14 km south-west |
| 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 | Kemptville, 40 km |
How Beckwith 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 Beckwith’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckwith Drummond Centre | 27.1°C | −14.2°C | 939 mm |
| Carleton Place 3.5 km · Drummond Centre | 27.1°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 939 mm |
| Corkery 18 km · Luskville | 26.9°C about the same | −16.0°C 1.8°C colder | 968 mm |
| Munster - Ashton 18 km · Ottawa (Airport) | 27.0°C about the same | −14.3°C about the same | 930 mm |
Beckwith 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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.0°C; the steadiest, June
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −33.0°C in 2007 to 27.0°C in 2012.
Where Beckwith’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: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Beckwith’s climate
How warm does Beckwith get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 27.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Beckwith get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −14.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Beckwith get?
Around 939 mm a year in all, from 91 mm in September down to 57 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 116 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Beckwith itself?
They are borrowed from Drummond Centre, the nearest place to Beckwith where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beckwith →
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).