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Climate in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

L'Isle-aux-Allumettes has colder winter nights than 83% of Canadian towns

Expect July afternoons of about 26.3°C. Its July heat outdoes that of 63% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 44°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 132 days a year with 1 mm or more.

July afternoons: warmer than 63% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 83% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 58% of Canadian towns

L'Isle-aux-Allumettes has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Petawawa, 22 km west.

July high

26.3°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−17.9°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

932 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

199 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

A year in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−6°C−18°CColdest nightsSnowiest

Feb−4°C−17°C

Mar3°C−10°C

Apr11°C−2°C

May19°C5°C

Jun24°C10°CWettest

Jul26°C12°CWarmest

Aug25°C12°C

Sep21°C7°C

Oct13°C2°C

Nov now5°C−4°C

Dec−2°C−12°C

What stands out about L'Isle-aux-Allumettes’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.

A wider year than 87% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 44.2°C.Colder than 83% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average −17.9°C, the coldest of the year.Snowier than 71% of Canadian townsAbout 199 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in January.

A normal year

What a year in L'Isle-aux-Allumettes feels like

Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.

Winter

−4°C / −15°C

191 mm, with 133 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / −3°C

222 mm, with 38 cm of snow

Summer

25°C / 11°C

276 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

13°C / 2°C

244 mm, with 28 cm of snow

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Best months to be outsideJunJulAugHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Rain & snow

932 mm of precipitation in a typical year

June brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.

932 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 58% of Canadian towns

721 mm

Of it as rain alone (77%)

96 mm

June, the wettest month

51 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

96 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

96 mm

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Snow

199 cm of snow in a typical year

Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 49 cm).

199 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 71% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

140

Days a year with 1 cm or more on the ground

52 cm

Snow on the ground at the end of February, the deepest month

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

49 cm

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Snow on the ground by month

Centimetres at month’s end

52 cm

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Living here

Living with L'Isle-aux-Allumettes’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

Get outside

For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Plan for about 52 days a year with a wind chill below −20.

Humidex

Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 46 days a year.

Storms and extremes

Ice storms, floods and heat waves are risks, not averages: they are on L'Isle-aux-Allumettes’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Petawawa

Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Petawawa are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.

Distance from the town	22 km west
Station altitude	130 m
Completeness	at least 20 years
WMO standard normals	No
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−39.8°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.9°C
Average wind	9.6 km/h on average, most often from the south-east
Next-nearest location	Charteris, 54 km

Compared with other towns

How L'Isle-aux-Allumettes 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.

July afternoons26.3°C

L'Isle-aux-AllumettesMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 63% of Canadian towns

January nights−17.9°C

L'Isle-aux-AllumettesMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 83% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year932 mm

L'Isle-aux-AllumettesMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 58% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year199 cm

L'Isle-aux-AllumettesMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 71% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on L'Isle-aux-Allumettes’s own would show the same figures). L'Isle-aux-Allumettes has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 24 km away.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
L'Isle-aux-Allumettes Petawawa	26.3°C	−17.9°C	932 mm
Whitewater Region 24 km · Charteris	26.4°C about the same	−16.9°C 1.0°C milder	932 mm

Month by month

L'Isle-aux-Allumettes 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	−6.1°C	−17.9°C	−11.9°C	68 mm	49 cm
February	−3.6°C	−16.6°C	−10.2°C	51 mm	38 cm
March	2.7°C	−10.0°C	−3.7°C	58 mm	27 cm
April	10.8°C	−2.0°C	4.5°C	79 mm	11 cm
May	19.2°C	4.5°C	12.0°C	85 mm	1 cm
June	24.0°C	10.0°C	17.0°C	96 mm	0 cm
July	26.3°C	12.3°C	19.3°C	89 mm	0 cm
August	25.2°C	11.6°C	18.4°C	90 mm	0 cm
September	20.6°C	7.3°C	14.0°C	83 mm	0 cm
October	12.8°C	2.1°C	7.5°C	83 mm	3 cm
November	4.8°C	−4.1°C	0.3°C	77 mm	25 cm
December	−2.4°C	−11.9°C	−7.3°C	72 mm	45 cm
Year	11.2°C	−1.2°C	5.0°C	932 mm	199 cm

Year to year

A March here can run from −33.4°C to 28.8°C

Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; December is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −7.3°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.2°C).

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Sources

Where L'Isle-aux-Allumettes’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Petawawa, 1991–2020.
Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest 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 L'Isle-aux-Allumettes’s climate

How warm does L'Isle-aux-Allumettes get in summer?

Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 26.3°C.

How cold does L'Isle-aux-Allumettes get in winter?

Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −17.9°C.

How much rain and snow does L'Isle-aux-Allumettes get?

Count on roughly 932 mm a year, heaviest in June (96 mm) and lightest in February (51 mm).

How long does snow stay on the ground?

On about 140 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.

Are these figures for L'Isle-aux-Allumettes itself?

Not quite: they come from Petawawa, the closest ECCC normals location to L'Isle-aux-Allumettes.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for L'Isle-aux-Allumettes →

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).