Photo: Mario Pinard · Public domainAmqui is among the frostiest of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.8°C. A year here swings 43°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 71% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to May, when means dip under 10°C.
Amqui has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Causapscal, 19 km south-east.
A year in Amqui at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Amqui’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Amqui feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
207 frost days and 81 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 40 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
About 932 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in April. Some 132 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Causapscal publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Mont-Joli, 60 km away.
About 323 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 72 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Amqui’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Amqui’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Causapscal
Causapscal is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 19 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 168 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Mont-Joli, 60 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Mont-Joli, 60 km |
How Amqui 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 Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Amqui’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 21–48 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Amqui.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amqui Causapscal | 23.8°C | −19.2°C | 932 mm |
| Sayabec 21 km · Mont-Joli | 22.9°C 0.9°C cooler | −15.4°C 3.8°C milder | 932 mm |
| Sainte-Félicité 48 km · Cap-Chat | 19.7°C 4.1°C cooler | −13.9°C 5.3°C milder | 966 mm |
Amqui weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.2°C | −19.2°C | −13.9°C | 74 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −6.2°C | −18.4°C | −12.6°C | 65 mm | 66 cm |
| March | −0.1°C | −12.0°C | −6.4°C | 70 mm | 60 cm |
| April | 7.1°C | −3.9°C | 1.8°C | 64 mm | 22 cm |
| May | 15.7°C | 2.1°C | 8.9°C | 76 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.2°C | 7.4°C | 14.4°C | 76 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.8°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.9°C | 9.8°C | 16.1°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.9°C | 5.4°C | 11.7°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.2°C | 0.6°C | 5.4°C | 97 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 2.5°C | −5.0°C | −1.1°C | 74 mm | 31 cm |
| December | −4.2°C | −13.0°C | −9.0°C | 81 mm | 67 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −2.9°C | 2.7°C | 932 mm | 323 cm |
A March here can run from −38.0°C to 24.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −12.6°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Amqui’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Causapscal, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Amqui’s climate
How warm does Amqui get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 23.8°C.
How cold does Amqui get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −19.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Amqui get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 932 mm; the range runs from 64 mm in April to 97 mm in October.
Are these figures for Amqui itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Causapscal, not in Amqui; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Amqui →
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).