Photo: Municipalité de Wickham · CC BY-SA 4.0Wet weather: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Wickham, more than on 79% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 26.0°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 40°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 61% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 153 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Borrowed figures: Wickham has no normals station, so these come from Drummondville, 14 km north.
A year in Wickham at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wickham’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Wickham feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
153 frost days and 114 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,070 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. About 136 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 229 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 60 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wickham
93% 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.
Living with Wickham’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The outdoor season by the averages is May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Wickham’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummondville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Drummondville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 14 km north |
| Station altitude | 82 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Richmond, 32 km |
How Wickham compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Wickham whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Wickham with figures are 18–22 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wickham Drummondville | 26.0°C | −14.2°C | 1,070 mm |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot 18 km · Fleury | 26.0°C about the same | −14.8°C 0.6°C colder | 1,109 mm |
| Durham-Sud 19 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C 0.8°C colder | 1,070 mm |
| Roxton Falls 21 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 0.8°C milder | 1,226 mm |
Wickham weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −14.2°C | −9.7°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −12.8°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −7.2°C | −2.4°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | 0.9°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.6°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 16.2°C | 21.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 15.2°C | 20.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.9°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.7°C | 9.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.9°C | −1.5°C | 2.2°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −8.8°C | −5.2°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.2°C, more than any month, and June least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −31.0°C (2007) and 25.0°C (2012).
Where Wickham’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Drummondville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Wickham’s climate
How warm does Wickham get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.0°C.
How cold does Wickham get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −14.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Wickham get?
1,070 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (109 mm); the driest, February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Wickham itself?
Not directly: Wickham has no ECCC normals of its own, and Drummondville stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wickham →
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).