The climate in Orford sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −14.9°C and a July afternoon reaches 25.7°C; 1,015 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Rain or snow is most frequent in August and least in February. Its January nights bite harder than in 71% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Orford has no normals station, so these come from Lennoxville, 28 km east.
A year in Orford at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Orford’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Orford feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 167 days, 20°C on 115
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 23 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,015 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 147 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 269 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 65 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Richmond, 33 km away (Lennoxville records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Orford
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Orford’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 41 days a year.
On some 44 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Orford’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lennoxville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Lennoxville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 28 km east |
| Station altitude | 181 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Richmond, 33 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Average wind | 10.1 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Richmond, 33 km |
How Orford 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 Orford’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orford Lennoxville | 25.7°C | −14.9°C | 1,015 mm |
| Magog 7.8 km · Lennoxville | 25.7°C about the same | −14.9°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
| Eastman 8.3 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 1.5°C milder | 1,226 mm |
| Saint-Denis-de-Brompton 15 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
Orford 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 | −14.9°C | −9.5°C | 76 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −2.3°C | −14.3°C | −8.3°C | 66 mm | 58 cm |
| March | 3.1°C | −8.3°C | −2.6°C | 68 mm | 53 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −0.6°C | 5.1°C | 82 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.6°C | 5.7°C | 12.2°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.0°C | 17.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 13.6°C | 19.7°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.8°C | 12.7°C | 18.7°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 8.2°C | 14.5°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 2.5°C | 7.7°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.2°C | −2.8°C | 1.7°C | 70 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −0.7°C | −9.6°C | −5.2°C | 75 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 11.6°C | 0.3°C | 5.9°C | 1,015 mm | 269 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.1°C, more than any month, and August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −32.0°C (1992) and 25.8°C (2012).
Where Orford’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Lennoxville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Orford’s climate
How warm does Orford get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.7°C.
How cold does Orford get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −14.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Orford get?
1,015 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is August (104 mm); the driest, February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Orford itself?
They are borrowed from Lennoxville, the nearest place to Orford where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Orford →
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).