Afternoon heat in Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows beats that of 78% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.0°C on average. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 60% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 41°C apart. From May to September, highs of 19–27°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Read at Ottawa (City), 15 km north-east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 147 days, 20°C on 121
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. On about 15 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 938 mm a year
June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 120 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
185 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows
93% 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.
Living with Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 30 April to 6 October without frost, around 158 days in all.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 39 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
About 50 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ottawa (City)
ECCC builds the Ottawa (City) normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 15 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (Airport), 15 km |
How Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows 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 Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows whose figures come from another normals location. Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–28 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows Ottawa (City) | 26.7°C | −14.0°C | 938 mm |
| Pontiac 25 km · Luskville | 26.9°C about the same | −16.0°C 2.0°C colder | 968 mm |
| Carleton Place 28 km · Drummond Centre | 27.1°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 939 mm |
Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows 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 | −5.2°C | −14.0°C | −9.6°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −12.9°C | −8.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.9°C | −2.2°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 11.2°C | 1.1°C | 6.2°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 15.8°C | 21.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.6°C | 20.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | 4.1°C | 8.8°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −1.8°C | 2.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.5°C | −8.7°C | −5.1°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.8°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
March: −28.5°C at its coldest, 26.5°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −9.6°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Ottawa (City), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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 Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows’s climate
How warm does Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.7°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows get in winter?
Expect nights around −14.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows get?
The year adds up to 938 mm. June is the peak month (95 mm) and February the low one (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 115 days a year.
Are these figures for Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City), just outside Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows →
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