Photo: Jean-Philippe Boulet · CC BY 3.0Wotton is wetter than 84% of Canadian towns: 1,150 mm of rain and snow a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.6°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 71% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 41°C. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 20–26°C.
No ECCC station in Wotton has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Richmond, 29 km south-west, instead.
A year in Wotton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Wotton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Wotton feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 114
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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,150 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 148 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Precipitation and snowfall: Arthabaska, 30 km away (Richmond records no complete year of either).
220 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 50 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Wotton
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Wotton’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Wotton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
Richmond is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 29 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Arthabaska, 30 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Arthabaska, 30 km |
How Wotton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Wotton’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Wotton with figures are 17–28 km away.
Wotton 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 | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 76 mm | 48 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 67 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 73 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 84 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 115 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 90 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,150 mm | 220 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.3°C; the steadiest month is June
Over 1991–2020, February saw both −42.0°C (1993) and 17.2°C (2018), the widest span of any month.
Where Wotton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Richmond, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Wotton’s climate
How warm does Wotton get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.6°C.
How cold does Wotton get in winter?
Lows sink to −15.0°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Wotton get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,150 mm: 131 mm in July, the wettest month, and 67 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Wotton itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Richmond, since Wotton has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Wotton →
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).