Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.0Precipitation in Miscouche tops that of 92% of Canadian towns: 1,252 mm a year
Sunny July days climb to about 24.1°C. December is the wettest month, July the driest. In July, afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 156 times a year.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Miscouche is Summerside, 1.8 km north-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Miscouche at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Miscouche’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island beside it.
What a year in Miscouche feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 153 frosts and 87 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 6 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
1,252 mm of precipitation in a typical year
3rd wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: New Glasgow, 39 km away (Summerside records no complete year of either).
292 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from November to May, with about 67 cm in January, the snowiest month. 2nd snowiest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Miscouche
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up.
Living with Miscouche’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Count on some 29 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Count on some 28 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Miscouche’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Summerside
Summerside is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 1.8 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 12 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | New Glasgow, 39 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −28.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.7°C |
| Average wind | 18.8 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | New Glasgow, 39 km |
How Miscouche compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used on Prince Edward Island.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Miscouche’s would only repeat its figures. Miscouche has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 25–44 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miscouche Summerside | 24.1°C | −11.3°C | 1,252 mm |
| New London 25 km · New Glasgow | 23.9°C about the same | −11.1°C about the same | 1,252 mm |
| Crapaud, Part 1 36 km · Elmwood | 23.7°C about the same | −11.0°C about the same | 1,290 mm |
| Cap-Pelé 40 km · Moncton | 25.1°C 1.0°C warmer | −13.3°C 2.0°C colder | 1,203 mm |
Miscouche 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 | −2.9°C | −11.3°C | −7.1°C | 111 mm | 67 cm |
| February | −2.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.0°C | 91 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −6.6°C | −2.7°C | 94 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −0.8°C | 3.3°C | 86 mm | 24 cm |
| May | 14.3°C | 4.9°C | 9.6°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 10.4°C | 15.1°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.1°C | 15.0°C | 19.6°C | 75 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.8°C | 14.5°C | 19.2°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 10.4°C | 14.9°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 5.2°C | 9.1°C | 135 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.7°C | −0.1°C | 3.3°C | 130 mm | 19 cm |
| December | 0.9°C | −6.0°C | −2.5°C | 138 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.0°C | 6.2°C | 1,252 mm | 292 cm |
March: −23.0°C at its coldest, 25.2°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, February’s average typically shifts by 2.1°C around its normal of −7.0°C, the widest of any month, while July’s shifts by 0.8°C.
Where Miscouche’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Summerside, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Miscouche’s climate
How warm does Miscouche get in summer?
Highs reach 24.1°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Miscouche get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −11.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Miscouche get?
Around 1,252 mm a year in all, from 138 mm in December down to 75 mm in July.
Are these figures for Miscouche itself?
Not exactly. Miscouche lacks a normals station, so Summerside supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Miscouche →
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).