Sherbrooke is drier than 90% of Canadian towns: 423 mm of rain and snow a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 38°C apart. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
Measured at Edmonton (City), 1.0 km east: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Sherbrooke at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sherbrooke’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Alberta beside it.
What a year in Sherbrooke feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 179 days, 20°C on 90
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 24 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
423 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 72 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 124 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 26 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sherbrooke
89% 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. A house here needs more heating than 76% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sherbrooke’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 141 frost-free days: the last frost averages 7 May, the first 25 September.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Roughly 50 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 11 a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Sherbrooke’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmonton (City)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 1.0 km east |
| Station altitude | 671 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.9°C |
| Average wind | 12.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Edmonton (Airport), 28 km |
How Sherbrooke 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 Alberta.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Sherbrooke whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 23–28 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sherbrooke.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherbrooke Edmonton (City) | 23.5°C | −14.7°C | 423 mm |
| Fort Saskatchewan 23 km · Fort Saskatchewan | 23.6°C about the same | −17.8°C 3.1°C colder | 473 mm |
| Beaumont 26 km · Edmonton (Airport) | 23.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −18.1°C 3.4°C colder | 434 mm |
Sherbrooke weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8°C | −14.7°C | −10.3°C | 20 mm | 26 cm |
| February | −3.0°C | −12.7°C | −7.9°C | 12 mm | 13 cm |
| March | 1.7°C | −7.8°C | −3.1°C | 17 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 10.4°C | −0.7°C | 4.9°C | 29 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 44 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 21.0°C | 10.2°C | 15.6°C | 70 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 12.6°C | 18.1°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 11.3°C | 17.0°C | 61 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 17.6°C | 6.2°C | 11.9°C | 39 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 10.0°C | −0.1°C | 5.0°C | 21 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 0.6°C | −7.5°C | −3.5°C | 18 mm | 20 cm |
| December | −4.7°C | −13.2°C | −9.0°C | 12 mm | 15 cm |
| Year | 9.3°C | −0.9°C | 4.2°C | 423 mm | 124 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −34.0°C to 23.9°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 4.2°C of the normal, −7.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Sherbrooke’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Edmonton (City), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sherbrooke’s climate
How warm does Sherbrooke get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Sherbrooke get in winter?
January nights average −14.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Sherbrooke get?
About 423 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (83 mm) and February the driest (12 mm).
Are these figures for Sherbrooke itself?
Yes: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Edmonton (City), a location inside Sherbrooke.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sherbrooke →
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).