Photo: Qui1che · CC BY-SA 3.0Greater Madawaska has warmer summer afternoons than 88% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −14.2°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 62% of Canadian towns. If you like long walks, June, August and September offer highs of 21–26°C.
No ECCC station in Greater Madawaska has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Drummond Centre, 49 km south-east, instead.
A year in Greater Madawaska at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Greater Madawaska’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Greater Madawaska feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 163 days, 20°C on 121
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
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
September brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 123 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
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 Greater Madawaska
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Greater Madawaska’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Greater Madawaska’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummond Centre
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Drummond Centre, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 49 km south-east |
| 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 | Charteris, 50 km |
How Greater Madawaska 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 Greater Madawaska whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Greater Madawaska with figures is 20 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Madawaska Drummond Centre | 27.1°C | −14.2°C | 939 mm |
| Admaston/Bromley 20 km · Charteris | 26.4°C 0.7°C cooler | −16.9°C 2.7°C colder | 968 mm |
Greater Madawaska 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 | −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 |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.0°C; June the least
March has the widest record range, −33.0°C in 2007 to 27.0°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Greater Madawaska’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: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Greater Madawaska’s climate
How warm does Greater Madawaska get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.1°C.
How cold does Greater Madawaska get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.2°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Greater Madawaska get?
Measured as water, a year brings 939 mm: 91 mm in September, the wettest month, and 57 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 116 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Greater Madawaska itself?
They come from Drummond Centre, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Greater Madawaska.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Greater Madawaska →
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).