Elmvale - Canterbury has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −14.0°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 60% of Canadian towns. June is the wettest month, February the driest. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City) (7.1 km west).
A year in Elmvale - Canterbury at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Elmvale - Canterbury’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Elmvale - Canterbury feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
147 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. 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
About 120 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
185 cm of snow in a typical 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 Elmvale - Canterbury
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Elmvale - Canterbury’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Count on about 158 frost-free days: the last frost averages 30 April, the first 6 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Expect around 39 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Roughly 50 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Elmvale - Canterbury’s 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 | 7.1 km 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), 8.6 km |
How Elmvale - Canterbury compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Ontario.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Elmvale - Canterbury whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 21–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Elmvale - Canterbury.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmvale - Canterbury Ottawa (City) | 26.7°C | −14.0°C | 938 mm |
| Cantley 21 km · Angers | 26.2°C 0.5°C cooler | −16.5°C 2.5°C colder | 938 mm |
| Chelsea 22 km · Luskville | 26.9°C about the same | −16.0°C 2.0°C colder | 968 mm |
| Embrun 29 km · Ottawa (Airport) | 27.0°C about the same | −14.3°C about the same | 930 mm |
Elmvale - Canterbury 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
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −28.5°C in 2003 to 26.5°C in 2012.
Where Elmvale - Canterbury’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Ottawa (City), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: 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 Elmvale - Canterbury’s climate
How warm does Elmvale - Canterbury get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26.7°C.
How cold does Elmvale - Canterbury get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Elmvale - Canterbury get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 938 mm a year; June leads with 95 mm and February trails with 52 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 115 days a year.
Are these figures for Elmvale - Canterbury itself?
They are the normals for Ottawa (City), measured just outside Elmvale - Canterbury itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Elmvale - Canterbury →
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).