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Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domainCap-Santé is wetter than 84% of Canadian towns: 1,138 mm of rain and snow a year
January mornings start at about −16.9°C. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 141 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Cap-Santé is Fortierville, 31 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Cap-Santé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cap-Santé’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Cap-Santé feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 175 frosts and 107 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 29 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,138 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 253 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 59 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Cap-Santé
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Cap-Santé’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Cap-Santé: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fortierville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fortierville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 31 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 34 km |
How Cap-Santé 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
Places around Cap-Santé whose figures come from another normals location.
Cap-Santé 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 | −6.9°C | −16.9°C | −12.0°C | 81 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −4.9°C | −15.9°C | −10.5°C | 69 mm | 55 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −9.0°C | −4.0°C | 79 mm | 47 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −1.0°C | 4.4°C | 94 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 5.8°C | 12.1°C | 92 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 14.0°C | 19.6°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 12.9°C | 18.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 8.3°C | 14.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.1°C | 2.5°C | 7.4°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −3.2°C | 0.9°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −10.9°C | −6.9°C | 100 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 1,138 mm | 253 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.2°C of normal, against the steadier June
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −32.0°C (1995) and 23.5°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Cap-Santé’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Fortierville, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cap-Santé’s climate
How warm does Cap-Santé get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.5°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Cap-Santé get in winter?
January nights average −16.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Cap-Santé get?
Some 1,138 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (133 mm), the least in February (69 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 134 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Cap-Santé itself?
No, they come from Fortierville; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Cap-Santé itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Cap-Santé →
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