Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.0Midwinter lows in Shawville sink below those of 81% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.4°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 67% of Canadian towns. Of all months, June brings the most precipitation and February the least. About 137 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
No ECCC station in Shawville has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Charteris, 9.9 km north-east, instead.
A year in Shawville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Shawville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Shawville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 178 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 31 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
968 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Luskville, 35 km away (Charteris records no complete year of either).
About 193 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 53 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Shawville
91% 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. That means homes here need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Shawville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 23 May to about 19 September, some 118 days in a normal year.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Shawville’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Charteris
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Charteris, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 9.9 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 168 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Luskville, 35 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Luskville, 35 km |
How Shawville 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Shawville’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 22–42 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Shawville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shawville Charteris | 26.4°C | −16.9°C | 968 mm |
| Arnprior 22 km · Luskville | 26.9°C 0.5°C warmer | −16.0°C 0.9°C milder | 968 mm |
| Greater Madawaska 40 km · Drummond Centre | 27.1°C 0.7°C warmer | −14.2°C 2.7°C milder | 939 mm |
Shawville 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 | −6.2°C | −16.9°C | −11.6°C | 77 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −4.2°C | −16.1°C | −10.2°C | 63 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 2.2°C | −9.5°C | −3.7°C | 63 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | −1.2°C | 5.1°C | 74 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 19.3°C | 5.5°C | 12.5°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 10.6°C | 17.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.4°C | 13.1°C | 19.6°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 12.2°C | 18.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 7.9°C | 14.3°C | 87 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 12.4°C | 2.3°C | 7.5°C | 84 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 4.8°C | −3.8°C | 0.7°C | 74 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −11.3°C | −7.0°C | 76 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.0°C | −0.6°C | 5.3°C | 968 mm | 193 cm |
March: −35.0°C at its coldest, 27.5°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.4°C around its normal of −11.6°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Shawville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Charteris: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Shawville’s climate
How warm does Shawville get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.4°C on a typical day.
How cold does Shawville get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −16.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Shawville get?
Around 968 mm a year in all, from 99 mm in June down to 63 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 127 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Shawville itself?
No: Shawville has no normals location, so the figures come from Charteris, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Shawville →
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).