Photo: Noppen, Luc, 1949 · CC BY-SA 4.0The climate in Cap-Saint-Ignace sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
A typical January night drops to −14.8°C and a July afternoon reaches 25.0°C; 906 mm of rain and snow falls in a year. Its January nights bite harder than in 71% of Canadian towns. October is the wettest month, February the driest. Frost comes on about 165 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
ECCC publishes no normals for Cap-Saint-Ignace itself; the figures are those of Cap-Tourmente, 27 km west.
A year in Cap-Saint-Ignace at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cap-Saint-Ignace’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Cap-Saint-Ignace feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 165 frosts and 99 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 20 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
906 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Cap-Tourmente normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from La Pocatière, 48 km away.
349 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 83 cm). 9th snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Cap-Tourmente publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Ste Lucie, 45 km away.
Heating a home in Cap-Saint-Ignace
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up.
Living with Cap-Saint-Ignace’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
A normal year gives the garden about 151 frost-free days, roughly 8 May to 7 October.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 40 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 35 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Cap-Saint-Ignace’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Cap-Tourmente
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Cap-Tourmente.
| Distance from the town | 27 km west |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | La Pocatière, 48 km |
| Snowfall from | Ste Lucie, 45 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Average wind | 9.3 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Saint Michel, 37 km |
How Cap-Saint-Ignace compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Cap-Saint-Ignace’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 23–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Cap-Saint-Ignace.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Saint-Ignace Cap-Tourmente | 25.0°C | −14.8°C | 906 mm |
| Berthier-sur-Mer 23 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 1.2°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Jean-Port-Joli 25 km · La Pocatière | 24.2°C 0.8°C cooler | −15.3°C 0.5°C colder | 906 mm |
Cap-Saint-Ignace weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.4°C | −14.8°C | −10.1°C | 70 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −3.7°C | −13.9°C | −8.8°C | 61 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 1.3°C | −8.1°C | −3.4°C | 62 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | −0.9°C | 4.0°C | 69 mm | 27 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 5.7°C | 11.3°C | 74 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 10.9°C | 16.5°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 14.0°C | 19.5°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 9.2°C | 14.4°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 3.1°C | 7.7°C | 99 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −2.6°C | 1.2°C | 72 mm | 30 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −10.2°C | −6.1°C | 74 mm | 83 cm |
| Year | 10.3°C | 0.5°C | 5.4°C | 906 mm | 349 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −29.0°C to 20.2°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.6°C around −10.1°C), July the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Cap-Saint-Ignace’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Cap-Tourmente, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cap-Saint-Ignace’s climate
How warm does Cap-Saint-Ignace get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.0°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Cap-Saint-Ignace get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Cap-Saint-Ignace get?
Count on roughly 906 mm a year, heaviest in October (99 mm) and lightest in February (61 mm).
Are these figures for Cap-Saint-Ignace itself?
No, the station behind them is Cap-Tourmente, beyond Cap-Saint-Ignace’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cap-Saint-Ignace →
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).