Summer arrives in force in Fisher Heights, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
In January the night’s low is typically −14.0°C. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 60% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 147 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City) (2.1 km north).
A year in Fisher Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fisher Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Ontario beside it.
What a year in Fisher Heights feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
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
938 mm of precipitation in a typical 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
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 Fisher Heights
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Fisher Heights’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 30 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 6 October, ends a season of about 158 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 39 days a year here.
On some 50 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Fisher Heights’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 | 2.1 km north |
| 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), 6.2 km |
How Fisher Heights 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Fisher Heights’s would only repeat its figures. Fisher Heights has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–29 km out.
Fisher Heights 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 |
The month with the widest range: March, −28.5°C to 26.5°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.1°C of the normal, −9.6°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Fisher Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Fisher Heights’s climate
How warm does Fisher Heights get in summer?
Expect highs near 26.7°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Fisher Heights get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −14.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Fisher Heights get?
About 938 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. June is the wettest month (95 mm) and February the driest (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 115 days in a typical year.
Are these figures for Fisher Heights itself?
Almost: ECCC’s Ottawa (City) location, which gives these figures, lies a short way outside Fisher Heights.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fisher Heights →
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).