Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Cleveland is wetter than 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.6°C on average. Some 41°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Cleveland itself; the figures are those of Richmond, 5.6 km south.
A year in Cleveland at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cleveland’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Cleveland feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
170 frost days and 114 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 23 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
About 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 136 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Drummondville, 36 km away (Richmond records no complete year of either).
229 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 60 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cleveland
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Cleveland’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Cleveland’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Richmond.
| Distance from the town | 5.6 km south |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Drummondville, 36 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Drummondville, 36 km |
How Cleveland 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 Cleveland’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 18–27 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cleveland.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,070 mm |
| L'Avenir 18 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C 0.8°C milder | 1,070 mm |
| Kingsey Falls 20 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C 0.5°C cooler | −15.3°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
Cleveland 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 | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.3°C, more than any month, and June least
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; February’s run from −42.0°C in 1993 to 17.2°C in 2018.
Where Cleveland’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Richmond: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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 Cleveland’s climate
How warm does Cleveland get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Cleveland get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −15.0°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Cleveland get?
A normal year brings 1,070 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 109 mm, February driest at 66 mm.
Are these figures for Cleveland itself?
They come from Richmond, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Cleveland.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cleveland →
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).