Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Summer arrives in force in Montague, hotter than in 88% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −14.2°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 41°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 62% of Canadian towns. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Montague itself; the figures are those of Drummond Centre, 24 km west.
A year in Montague at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Montague’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Montague 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. Some 19 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 939 mm of rain and snow 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
Expect snow from October to April, with about 46 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 Montague
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Montague’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Montague’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 | 24 km 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, 27 km |
How Montague 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
Places around Montague whose figures come from another normals location. Montague has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–37 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montague Drummond Centre | 27.1°C | −14.2°C | 939 mm |
| Merrickville 12 km · Kemptville | 26.8°C about the same | −14.0°C about the same | 925 mm |
| Rideau Lakes 32 km · Brockville | 26.1°C 1.0°C cooler | −11.3°C 2.9°C milder | 1,017 mm |
Montague weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 varies most from one year to the next (3.0°C), June least
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 Montague’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Drummond Centre from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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 Montague’s climate
How warm does Montague get in summer?
Expect highs near 27.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Montague 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 Montague get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 939 mm; the range runs from 57 mm in February to 91 mm in September.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 116 days a year.
Are these figures for Montague itself?
Not quite: they come from Drummond Centre, the closest ECCC normals location to Montague.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Montague →
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).