Les Golfs has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns
Midwinter brings lows of about −14.0°C. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 60% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Les Golfs has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Ottawa (City), 6.8 km south-east.
A year in Les Golfs at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Les Golfs’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Les Golfs feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
147 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 15 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
About 120 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
185 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 45 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 Les Golfs
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing.
Living with Les Golfs’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 158 frost-free days: the last frost averages 30 April, the first 6 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 39 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 50 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Les Golfs: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ottawa (City)
Ottawa (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 6.8 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ottawa (Airport), 14 km |
How Les Golfs compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Les Golfs whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–26 km from Les Golfs.
Les Golfs weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −14.0°C | −9.6°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −12.9°C | −8.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.9°C | −2.2°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 11.2°C | 1.1°C | 6.2°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 15.8°C | 21.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.6°C | 20.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | 4.1°C | 8.8°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −1.8°C | 2.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.5°C | −8.7°C | −5.1°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.8°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
A March here can run from −28.5°C to 26.5°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −9.6°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Les Golfs’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Ottawa (City): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Les Golfs’s climate
How warm does Les Golfs get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 26.7°C.
How cold does Les Golfs get in winter?
Expect nights around −14.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Les Golfs get?
Count on roughly 938 mm a year, heaviest in June (95 mm) and lightest in February (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 115 days a year.
Are these figures for Les Golfs itself?
Not quite: they come from Ottawa (City), the closest ECCC normals location to Les Golfs.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Les Golfs →
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).