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Brockville: weather history since 1916

Brockville is a weather station located 120 m above sea level, 7 km from Brockville. Its records go back to 1916: 100 years of temperature are available up to 2020, along with rainfall and a comparison with two reference normals. Closed series: the records of this station end in 2020. Over 1991–2020 the annual mean temperature there is 6.8 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (5.7 °C): a difference of 1.1 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1998 (8.3 °C) and the coldest 1917 (3.3 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 6 out of 100, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.33 °C per decade. The station ranks 41 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.

Annual mean temperature since 1916

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Mean temperature of the year   10-year running mean   1961–1990 normal (5.7 °C)   1991–2020 normal (6.8 °C)

The first ten years of the series (1916–1926) average 5.0 °C; the last ten (2011–2020) average 7.0 °C, a difference of +2.0 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1998 (8.3 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 7.2 °C (2007) and bottoms out at 5.0 °C (1926).

Annual rainfall since 1916

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Rainfall of the year   Series average (1030 mm)

On average 1030 mm of rain falls per year over the 97 documented years. The wettest year, 1954, received 1432 mm; the driest, 1920, only 621 mm, which is 2.3 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1105 mm per year) is 62 mm (5.9 %) above the 1961–1990 one (1043 mm). Over 1991–2020, October is on average the wettest month (103 mm) and February the driest (76 mm). Between 1998 and 2017, 13 years out of 20 exceeded the series average.

Monthly normals: 1961–1990 against 1991–2020

The table compares, month by month, the mean temperature and the rainfall total of two thirty-year reference periods. The difference column shows what the recent period changes compared with the earlier one.

Monthly temperature and rainfall normals, 1961–1990 and 1991–2020
MonthTemp. 1961–1990Temp. 1991–2020DifferenceRain 1961–1990Rain 1991–2020Difference
January−9.7 °C−8.4 °C+1.3 °C84 mm96 mm+12 mm
February−8.7 °C−7.2 °C+1.5 °C75 mm76 mm+1 mm
March−2.4 °C−1.7 °C+0.7 °C73 mm79 mm+6 mm
April5.2 °C5.9 °C+0.7 °C77 mm94 mm+17 mm
May11.5 °C12.8 °C+1.3 °C83 mm86 mm+3 mm
June16.4 °C17.6 °C+1.2 °C83 mm102 mm+19 mm
July19.7 °C20.4 °C+0.7 °C84 mm99 mm+15 mm
August18.6 °C19.6 °C+1.0 °C95 mm85 mm−10 mm
September14.3 °C15.4 °C+1.1 °C94 mm100 mm+6 mm
October8.2 °C8.8 °C+0.6 °C86 mm103 mm+17 mm
November2.0 °C2.5 °C+0.5 °C105 mm88 mm−17 mm
December−6.2 °C−4.1 °C+2.1 °C104 mm97 mm−7 mm

The largest temperature change is in December (+2.1 °C) and the smallest in November (+0.5 °C); over the year the mean difference is +1.1 °C, and 12 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in June (+19 mm) and the smallest in November (−17 mm).

Records at Brockville

  • Warmest year: 8.3 °C, in 1998
  • Coldest year: 3.3 °C, in 1917
  • Driest year: 621 mm, in 1920
  • Wettest year: 1432 mm, in 1954
  • Warmest month: 25.1 °C, in July 1921
  • Coldest month: −16.8 °C, in February 1934
  • Wettest month: 258 mm, in August 1959

5.0 °C separate the warmest year of the series from the coldest. Daily records are not part of the dataset for this station: only annual and monthly extremes are shown.

Temperature trend over 1961–2020

The regression line of annual mean temperature changes by +0.33 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.9 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.08 °C per decade: the station ranks 41 out of 240.

Data source and licence

Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (dataset “AHCCD (ahccd-monthly) + climate-daily”), licence Open Government Licence – Canada. Last updated: 29 October 2026.

The data for Brockville are shown as the source publishes them; this site does not correct them. A year is kept only if at least eleven months of measurements are available, and a normal is computed only with at least twenty years of data out of its thirty. Temperatures are rounded to 0.1 °C and rainfall to the millimetre. The station is one of 240 stations in Canada: the overview page lets you compare them.

Frequently asked questions

What is the annual mean temperature at Brockville?

Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Brockville is 6.8 °C. It was 5.7 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +1.1 °C.

What is the warmest year ever measured at Brockville?

Since records began in 1916, the warmest year at Brockville is 1998, at 8.3 °C on average. The coldest is 1917 (3.3 °C).

Is the climate at Brockville getting warmer?

Yes: at Brockville, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.33 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.9 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.

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