Photo: Neil and Kathy Carey from Edmonton, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0Summer arrives softly in Morell, cooler than in 87% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −9.9°C. Some 34°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 82% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 155 days a year at 0°C or below.
These are not Morell’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St. Peters/Monticello, 23 km east.
A year in Morell at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Morell’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island beside it.
What a year in Morell feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
155 frost days and 77 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,116 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. 12th wettest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island. About 141 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
285 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in January (about 73 cm). 6th snowiest of 13 towns of 2,500+ on Prince Edward Island.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Snowfall: Charlottetown (Airport), 32 km away (St. Peters/Monticello records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Morell
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Morell’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 28 May and the first autumn frost around 19 October: about 143 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Morell’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St. Peters/Monticello
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for St. Peters/Monticello are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 23 km east |
| Station altitude | 32 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Charlottetown (Airport), 32 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −34.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Charlottetown (Airport), 32 km |
How Morell 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 Morell’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Morell with figures are 16–26 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morell St. Peters/Monticello | 23.4°C | −9.9°C | 1,116 mm |
| East River, Part 1 16 km · Charlottetown (Airport) | 23.6°C about the same | −11.5°C 1.6°C colder | 1,136 mm |
| Three Rivers 26 km · Alliston | 24.3°C 0.9°C warmer | −9.7°C about the same | 1,263 mm |
Morell 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 | −2.1°C | −9.9°C | −6.0°C | 88 mm | 73 cm |
| February | −2.5°C | −10.5°C | −6.5°C | 73 mm | 62 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −6.2°C | −2.5°C | 86 mm | 42 cm |
| April | 6.7°C | −1.1°C | 2.8°C | 81 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 13.3°C | 3.9°C | 8.6°C | 76 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 18.9°C | 9.6°C | 14.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.4°C | 14.4°C | 18.9°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.1°C | 14.4°C | 18.8°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 10.8°C | 14.9°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.8°C | 5.7°C | 9.2°C | 121 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 7.2°C | 0.7°C | 3.9°C | 114 mm | 21 cm |
| December | 1.6°C | −4.8°C | −1.6°C | 116 mm | 63 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | 2.2°C | 6.2°C | 1,116 mm | 285 cm |
March has run from −26.0°C to 23.6°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.2°C from −6.5°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Morell’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for St. Peters/Monticello, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Morell’s climate
How warm does Morell get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.4°C.
How cold does Morell get in winter?
At its coldest, in February, the normal low is −10.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Morell get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,116 mm: 121 mm in October, the wettest month, and 73 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Morell itself?
Not quite: they come from St. Peters/Monticello, the closest ECCC normals location to Morell.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Morell →
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).