Photo: P199 · Public domainGracefield has colder winter nights than 81% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.6°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 63% of Canadian towns. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Plan for rain or snow on about 141 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Maniwaki, 5.7 km north-west.
A year in Gracefield at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Gracefield’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Gracefield feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 181 frosts and 109 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 33 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
939 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
182 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 45 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Maniwaki normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Charteris, 55 km away.
Heating a home in Gracefield
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. A house here needs more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Gracefield’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 16 May and returns near 26 September, about 132 days apart.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 45 days with a wind chill below −20.
Roughly 34 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Gracefield’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Maniwaki
Maniwaki is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 5.7 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 199 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Charteris, 55 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 7.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Charteris, 55 km |
How Gracefield 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 Gracefield’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Gracefield with figures are 32–48 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gracefield Maniwaki | 25.6°C | −17.4°C | 939 mm |
| Low 32 km · Luskville | 26.9°C 1.3°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.4°C milder | 968 mm |
| Val-des-Bois 43 km · Angers | 26.2°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.5°C 0.9°C milder | 939 mm |
Gracefield 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 | −6.4°C | −17.4°C | −12.0°C | 76 mm | 42 cm |
| February | −4.3°C | −16.5°C | −10.4°C | 56 mm | 35 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −10.0°C | −4.0°C | 71 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.1°C | 4.0°C | 72 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.6°C | 4.8°C | 11.7°C | 73 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 10.0°C | 16.7°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 12.6°C | 19.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.3°C | 11.5°C | 17.9°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 7.1°C | 13.3°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.7°C | 96 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.1°C | −4.5°C | −0.2°C | 72 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −3.1°C | −12.2°C | −7.7°C | 76 mm | 45 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | −1.3°C | 4.6°C | 939 mm | 182 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (3.1°C), July least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −31.8°C (2007) and 27.2°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Gracefield’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Maniwaki from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- 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 Gracefield’s climate
How warm does Gracefield get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.6°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Gracefield get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −17.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Gracefield get?
939 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (96 mm); the driest, February (56 mm).
Are these figures for Gracefield itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Maniwaki, a location inside Gracefield.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Gracefield →
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).