Photo: Yannick Malouin · CC BY-SA 4.0Summer arrives in force in Franklin, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −13.0°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 78% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in October and least in February. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from May to September, with highs of 20–27°C.
Borrowed figures: Franklin has no normals station, so these come from St-Anicet, 35 km west.
A year in Franklin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Franklin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Franklin feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 147 days, 20°C on 121
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 13 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 1,047 mm of rain and snow a year
About 141 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 170 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from November to April, with about 44 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Franklin
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. That means homes here need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Franklin’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 28 April and the first autumn frost around 7 October: about 161 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 36 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 60 a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Franklin’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Anicet
St-Anicet is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 35 km west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 49 km |
How Franklin compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Franklin’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin St-Anicet | 26.7°C | −13.0°C | 1,047 mm |
| Ormstown 9.3 km · St-Anicet | 26.7°C about the same | −13.0°C about the same | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Chrysostome 14 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C about the same | −13.6°C 0.6°C colder | 1,041 mm |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 18 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
Franklin 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 | −4.1°C | −13.0°C | −8.7°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −2.7°C | −12.1°C | −7.5°C | 59 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.8°C | −6.2°C | −1.6°C | 67 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.6°C | 97 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.0°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 13.8°C | 19.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.2°C | 21.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 15.0°C | 20.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.0°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 mm | 10 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.6°C | −4.2°C | 77 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 2.6°C | 7.3°C | 1,047 mm | 170 cm |
In March, anything from −29.0°C to 27.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.2°C of the normal, −8.7°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Franklin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for St-Anicet, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Franklin’s climate
How warm does Franklin get in summer?
Highs reach 26.7°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Franklin get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −13.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Franklin get?
Precipitation totals 1,047 mm a year, with October the wettest month (109 mm) and February the driest (59 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 110 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Franklin itself?
No, the station behind them is St-Anicet, beyond Franklin’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Franklin →
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).