Summer afternoons in Centrepointe - Briargreen are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −14.0°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 60% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 120 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Ottawa (City) location, 6.1 km north-east.
A year in Centrepointe - Briargreen at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Centrepointe - Briargreen’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Centrepointe - Briargreen feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 147 frosts and 121 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 15 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 938 mm of rain and snow a year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 185 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Centrepointe - Briargreen
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 Centrepointe - Briargreen’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 30 April, and the first, near 6 October, lie about 158 frost-free days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 39 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 50 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Centrepointe - Briargreen’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ottawa (City)
Ottawa (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.1 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), 8.3 km |
How Centrepointe - Briargreen 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Centrepointe - Briargreen’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Centrepointe - Briargreen with figures are 23–24 km away.
Centrepointe - Briargreen 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 | −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 |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.1°C of normal, against the steadier June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −28.5°C (2003) and 26.5°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Centrepointe - Briargreen’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Ottawa (City), its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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 Centrepointe - Briargreen’s climate
How warm does Centrepointe - Briargreen get in summer?
Highs reach 26.7°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Centrepointe - Briargreen get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −14.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Centrepointe - Briargreen 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?
Count on about 115 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Centrepointe - Briargreen itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City), just outside Centrepointe - Briargreen’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Centrepointe - Briargreen →
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