Photo: Renard Franco · CC0Embrun has warmer summer afternoons than 86% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −14.3°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 61% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 41°C apart. Plan for rain or snow on about 118 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Embrun has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Ottawa (Airport), 29 km west, instead.
A year in Embrun at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Embrun’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Embrun feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 154 frosts and 120 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 16 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
930 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 232 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 59 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Embrun
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Embrun’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 29 April and the first autumn frost around 7 October: about 160 frost-free days between.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 47 days a year here.
About 49 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Embrun’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ottawa (Airport)
ECCC builds the Ottawa (Airport) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 29 km west |
| Station altitude | 114 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.9°C |
| Average wind | 13.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (City), 35 km |
How Embrun compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Embrun whose figures come from another normals location.
Embrun weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −14.3°C | −10.0°C | 70 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −13.2°C | −8.5°C | 50 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 2.4°C | −7.1°C | −2.4°C | 66 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 0.5°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 19.6°C | 7.5°C | 13.6°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.4°C | 12.9°C | 18.7°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27.0°C | 15.4°C | 21.2°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 14.3°C | 20.1°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.0°C | 9.6°C | 15.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.4°C | 8.2°C | 87 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −2.4°C | 1.7°C | 74 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −9.6°C | −5.8°C | 72 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 1.4°C | 6.5°C | 930 mm | 232 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.2°C, more than any month, and August least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −29.0°C in 2003 and a high of 27.4°C in 2012.
Where Embrun’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Ottawa (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: 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 Embrun’s climate
How warm does Embrun get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 27.0°C.
How cold does Embrun get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.3°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Embrun get?
Rain and snow add up to about 930 mm of water a year; June brings the most (97 mm), February the least (50 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 118 days a year.
Are these figures for Embrun itself?
They are borrowed from Ottawa (Airport), the nearest place to Embrun where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Embrun →
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).