July in Godmanchester runs hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −13.0°C. Seasons differ by 40°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 78% of Canadian towns. Expect about 147 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
ECCC publishes no normals for Godmanchester itself; the figures are those of St-Anicet, 12 km west.
A year in Godmanchester at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Godmanchester’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Godmanchester feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 147 frosts and 121 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,047 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 141 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
170 cm of snow in a typical year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Godmanchester
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. Homes here need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Godmanchester’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Plant out after about 28 April; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 7 October, leaving roughly 161 days without frost.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 36 days a year.
Roughly 60 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Godmanchester’s hazards page does.
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 | 12 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 | Cornwall, 44 km |
How Godmanchester 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Godmanchester’s own would show the same figures). Godmanchester has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 27–30 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godmanchester St-Anicet | 26.7°C | −13.0°C | 1,047 mm |
| Les Cèdres 27 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
| Akwesasne 29 km · Cornwall | 27.3°C 0.6°C warmer | −11.8°C 1.2°C milder | 1,006 mm |
Godmanchester weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and 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 |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.2°C of normal, against the steadier August
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −29.0°C (2014) and 27.0°C (2012).
Where Godmanchester’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for St-Anicet, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Godmanchester’s climate
How warm does Godmanchester get in summer?
Expect highs near 26.7°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Godmanchester get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −13.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Godmanchester get?
1,047 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (109 mm); the driest, February (59 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 110 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Godmanchester itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at St-Anicet, not in Godmanchester; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Godmanchester →
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).