Winter nights in Cantley are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 26.2°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 62% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in June and least in February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 120 times a year.
Cantley has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Angers, 17 km east.
A year in Cantley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cantley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Cantley feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
179 frost days and 112 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 29 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
Rain and melted snow: about 938 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Ottawa (City), 20 km away (Angers records no complete year of either).
185 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cantley
91% 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. Homes here need more heating than 60% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cantley’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 26 May to about 22 September, some 119 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Cantley: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Angers
Angers is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 17 km east |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Ottawa (City), 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (City), 20 km |
How Cantley 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 Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Cantley’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantley Angers | 26.2°C | −16.5°C | 938 mm |
| Chelsea 5.2 km · Luskville | 26.9°C 0.7°C warmer | −16.0°C 0.5°C milder | 968 mm |
| Les Rapides 6.9 km · Ottawa (City) | 26.7°C 0.5°C warmer | −14.0°C 2.5°C milder | 938 mm |
| Des Vallées 10 km · Angers | 26.2°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 938 mm |
Cantley 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 | −5.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.2°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −15.5°C | −9.5°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −8.7°C | −3.7°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | −1.0°C | 5.0°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.2°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 10.9°C | 17.4°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.2°C | 13.4°C | 19.6°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.5°C | 18.7°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.1°C | 14.2°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | 2.2°C | 7.4°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −3.5°C | 1.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | −0.3°C | 5.3°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −33.5°C to 27.0°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.5°C of its normal of −11.2°C; August keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Cantley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Angers, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cantley’s climate
How warm does Cantley get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.2°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Cantley get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Cantley get?
A normal year brings 938 mm, snow included as water: June is wettest at 95 mm, February driest at 52 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 121 days a year.
Are these figures for Cantley itself?
They come from Angers, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Cantley.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cantley →
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).