Afternoon heat in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows beats that of 78% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −14.0°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 60% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 19–27°C.
Read at Ottawa (City), 9.4 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Carson Grove - Carson Meadows’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Carson Grove - Carson Meadows feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 147 days, 20°C on 121
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Some 15 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
Rain and melted snow: about 938 mm a year
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 Carson Grove - Carson Meadows
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Carson Grove - Carson Meadows’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 30 April and the first autumn frost around 6 October: about 158 frost-free days between.
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 →Winter brings about 39 days with a wind chill below −20.
The humidex tops 30 on about 50 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Carson Grove - Carson Meadows’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 9.4 km south-west |
| 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), 13 km |
How Carson Grove - Carson 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 Carson Grove - Carson Meadows whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 17–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Carson Grove - Carson Meadows.
Carson Grove - Carson 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 |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.1°C; June the least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −28.5°C (2003) and 26.5°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Carson Grove - Carson Meadows’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Ottawa (City), 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Carson Grove - Carson Meadows’s climate
How warm does Carson Grove - Carson Meadows get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.7°C.
How cold does Carson Grove - Carson Meadows get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Carson Grove - Carson Meadows get?
Precipitation totals 938 mm a year, with June the wettest month (95 mm) and February the driest (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 115 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Carson Grove - Carson Meadows itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Ottawa (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Carson Grove - Carson Meadows.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Carson Grove - Carson Meadows →
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