No extremes in Centreville Chicopee: its weather tracks the middle of Canadian towns
A typical July afternoon reaches 26.6°C, a January night drops to −10.3°C, and 851 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 115 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at its Kitchener/Waterloo station, 5.0 km north-east.
A year in Centreville Chicopee at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Centreville Chicopee’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Centreville Chicopee feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 156 frosts and 122 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 7 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 851 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
115 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 32 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Kitchener/Waterloo publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Toronto Pearson (Airport), 70 km away.
Heating a home in Centreville Chicopee
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. By this count, homes here need less heating than 69% of Canadian towns.
Living with Centreville Chicopee’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 8 May until frost returns near 5 October: about 149 days.
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 →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Centreville Chicopee’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Kitchener/Waterloo
Kitchener/Waterloo is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.0 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 322 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Toronto Pearson (Airport), 70 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Elora, 24 km |
How Centreville Chicopee 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Centreville Chicopee’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 15 km from Centreville Chicopee, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centreville Chicopee Kitchener/Waterloo | 26.6°C | −10.3°C | 851 mm |
| Elmira 15 km · Elora | 25.4°C 1.2°C cooler | −10.7°C about the same | 851 mm |
Centreville Chicopee 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 | −2.3°C | −10.3°C | −6.3°C | 66 mm | 32 cm |
| February | −1.4°C | −10.3°C | −5.9°C | 46 mm | 28 cm |
| March | 4.1°C | −5.6°C | −0.8°C | 57 mm | 17 cm |
| April | 11.6°C | 0.1°C | 5.9°C | 81 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 19.0°C | 6.2°C | 12.6°C | 80 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 11.5°C | 17.8°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 13.7°C | 20.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 12.7°C | 19.1°C | 67 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 8.7°C | 15.2°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.1°C | 3.4°C | 8.8°C | 71 mm | under 1 cm |
| November | 6.8°C | −1.6°C | 2.6°C | 75 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 0.7°C | −6.3°C | −2.8°C | 55 mm | 24 cm |
| Year | 12.5°C | 1.9°C | 7.2°C | 851 mm | 115 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (3.1°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −29.4°C (2003) to 26.5°C (2012).
Where Centreville Chicopee’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Kitchener/Waterloo, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Centreville Chicopee’s climate
How warm does Centreville Chicopee get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.6°C.
How cold does Centreville Chicopee get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −10.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Centreville Chicopee get?
Some 851 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (96 mm), the least in February (46 mm).
Are these figures for Centreville Chicopee itself?
Nearly: Kitchener/Waterloo, the location behind them, sits just beyond Centreville Chicopee’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Centreville Chicopee →
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).