Winter nights in Cardinal Creek are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.2°C. Temperatures cover 43°C across the year, low to high. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 62% of Canadian towns. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 20–26°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Cardinal Creek itself; the figures are those of Angers, 10 km north-west.
A year in Cardinal Creek at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cardinal Creek’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Cardinal Creek feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
179 frost days and 112 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 29 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
938 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 120 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Ottawa (City), 23 km away (Angers records no complete year of either).
About 185 cm of snow a 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 Cardinal Creek
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. That means homes here need more heating than 60% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cardinal Creek’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 26 May and the first autumn frost around 22 September: about 119 frost-free days between.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on Cardinal Creek’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Angers
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Angers.
| Distance from the town | 10 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Ottawa (City), 23 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (City), 23 km |
How Cardinal Creek 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Cardinal Creek’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Cardinal Creek with figures are 19–29 km away.
Cardinal Creek weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.2°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −15.5°C | −9.5°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −8.7°C | −3.7°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | −1.0°C | 5.0°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.9°C | 17.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.1°C | 14.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | 2.2°C | 7.4°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −3.5°C | 1.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | −0.3°C | 5.3°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
A March here can run from −33.5°C to 27.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.5°C of the normal, −11.2°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Cardinal Creek’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Angers, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cardinal Creek’s climate
How warm does Cardinal Creek get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 26.2°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Cardinal Creek get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Cardinal Creek get?
A normal year brings 938 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 95 mm, February driest at 52 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 121 days a year.
Are these figures for Cardinal Creek itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Angers, since Cardinal Creek has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cardinal Creek →
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).