Collegeville is a weather station located 69 m above sea level, 15 km from Antigonish. Its records go back to 1918: 89 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 5.1 °C, clearly higher than over 1961–1990 (4.3 °C): a difference of 0.9 °C. The warmest year of the series is 1999 (6.5 °C) and the coldest 1955 (1.8 °C). The last complete year, 2020, ranks 2 out of 89, from warmest to coldest. Over 1961–2020, the annual mean temperature changes by +0.31 °C per decade. The station ranks 56 out of 240 stations, from the fastest rise to the slowest.
Annual mean temperature since 1918
The first ten years of the series (1918–1927) average 2.7 °C; the last ten (2008–2020) average 5.6 °C, a difference of +2.9 °C. Of the ten warmest years in the series, 7 fall after 1999. The warmest is 1999 (6.5 °C). The ten-year running mean peaks at 5.5 °C (2020) and bottoms out at 2.6 °C (1926).
Annual rainfall since 1918
On average 1399 mm of rain falls per year over the 78 documented years. The wettest year, 1972, received 2016 mm; the driest, 2001, only 847 mm, which is 2.4 times less. The 1991–2020 normal (1291 mm per year) is 274 mm (17.5 %) below the 1961–1990 one (1565 mm). Over 1991–2020, November is on average the wettest month (142 mm) and April the driest (70 mm). Between 1989 and 2013, 8 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.
| Month | Temp. 1961–1990 | Temp. 1991–2020 | Difference | Rain 1961–1990 | Rain 1991–2020 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.5 °C | −7.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 158 mm | 107 mm | −51 mm |
| February | −8.9 °C | −7.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 126 mm | 95 mm | −31 mm |
| March | −4.3 °C | −3.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 136 mm | 104 mm | −32 mm |
| April | 1.4 °C | 2.2 °C | +0.8 °C | 117 mm | 70 mm | −47 mm |
| May | 7.8 °C | 8.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 111 mm | 85 mm | −26 mm |
| June | 13.3 °C | 13.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 102 mm | 97 mm | −5 mm |
| July | 17.2 °C | 17.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 97 mm | 90 mm | −7 mm |
| August | 17.0 °C | 17.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 118 mm | 101 mm | −17 mm |
| September | 12.4 °C | 13.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 101 mm | 125 mm | +24 mm |
| October | 7.1 °C | 7.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 142 mm | 141 mm | −1 mm |
| November | 1.6 °C | 2.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 166 mm | 142 mm | −24 mm |
| December | −5.0 °C | −3.1 °C | +1.9 °C | 191 mm | 134 mm | −57 mm |
The largest temperature change is in December (+1.9 °C) and the smallest in June (0.0 °C); over the year the mean difference is +0.9 °C, and 11 months out of twelve are warmer than before. For rainfall, the largest difference is in September (+24 mm) and the smallest in December (−57 mm).
Records at Collegeville
- Warmest year: 6.5 °C, in 1999
- Coldest year: 1.8 °C, in 1955
- Driest year: 847 mm, in 2001
- Wettest year: 2016 mm, in 1972
- Warmest month: 20.3 °C, in July 2014
- Coldest month: −16.6 °C, in February 1923
- Wettest month: 358 mm, in August 1971
4.7 °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 +0.31 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, about +1.8 °C over the whole period. That is faster than the median of the 240 stations (+0.25 °C per decade), by 0.06 °C per decade: the station ranks 56 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 Collegeville 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 Collegeville?
Over 1991–2020, the annual mean temperature at Collegeville is 5.1 °C. It was 4.3 °C over 1961–1990, a difference of +0.9 °C.
What is the warmest year ever measured at Collegeville?
Since records began in 1918, the warmest year at Collegeville is 1999, at 6.5 °C on average. The coldest is 1955 (1.8 °C).
Is the climate at Collegeville getting warmer?
Yes: at Collegeville, the annual mean temperature rises by 0.31 °C per decade between 1961 and 2020, +1.8 °C in total. 7 of the 10 warmest years in the series fall after 1999.
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