Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0McNab/Braeside has colder winter nights than 81% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 26.4°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 43°C apart. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 67% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 178 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to McNab/Braeside is Charteris, 31 km north, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in McNab/Braeside at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about McNab/Braeside’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in McNab/Braeside feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 178 frosts and 115 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 31 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 968 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 137 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Charteris publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Luskville, 34 km away.
About 193 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 53 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in McNab/Braeside
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with McNab/Braeside’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 23 May and returns near 19 September, about 118 days apart.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on McNab/Braeside’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Charteris
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Charteris.
| Distance from the town | 31 km north |
| Station altitude | 168 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Luskville, 34 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Luskville, 34 km |
How McNab/Braeside 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share McNab/Braeside’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 7–27 km from McNab/Braeside.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNab/Braeside Charteris | 26.4°C | −16.9°C | 968 mm |
| Arnprior 7.5 km · Luskville | 26.9°C 0.5°C warmer | −16.0°C 0.9°C milder | 968 mm |
| Greater Madawaska 27 km · Drummond Centre | 27.1°C 0.7°C warmer | −14.2°C 2.7°C milder | 939 mm |
McNab/Braeside 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 | −6.2°C | −16.9°C | −11.6°C | 77 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −4.2°C | −16.1°C | −10.2°C | 63 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 2.2°C | −9.5°C | −3.7°C | 63 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −1.2°C | 5.1°C | 74 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 5.5°C | 12.5°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 10.6°C | 17.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.4°C | 13.1°C | 19.6°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.2°C | 18.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 7.9°C | 14.3°C | 87 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.3°C | 7.5°C | 84 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 4.8°C | −3.8°C | 0.7°C | 74 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.0°C | 76 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.0°C | −0.6°C | 5.3°C | 968 mm | 193 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.4°C of normal, against the steadier August
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −35.0°C in 2007 and a high of 27.5°C in 2012.
Where McNab/Braeside’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Charteris, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- 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: 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 McNab/Braeside’s climate
How warm does McNab/Braeside get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 26.4°C.
How cold does McNab/Braeside get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.9°C.
How much rain and snow does McNab/Braeside get?
Some 968 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in June (99 mm), the least in February (63 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 127 days a year.
Are these figures for McNab/Braeside itself?
They describe Charteris, the nearest normals location, rather than McNab/Braeside itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for McNab/Braeside →
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).