Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Midwinter lows in Chambord sink below those of 91% of Canadian towns
Midsummer highs settle at about 23.7°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 71% of Canadian towns. About 124 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Borrowed figures: Chambord has no normals station, so these come from Roberval, 20 km north-west.
A year in Chambord at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Chambord’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Chambord feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
187 frost days and 85 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
911 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 271 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 55 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Chambord
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Chambord’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 17 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 2 October, leaving roughly 137 days without frost.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 79 days a year here.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 22 days a year.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Chambord’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Roberval
ECCC builds the Roberval normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 20 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 179 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.5 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Normandin, 60 km |
How Chambord compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Chambord’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Chambord with figures are 39–48 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chambord Roberval | 23.7°C | −20.8°C | 911 mm |
| Larouche 39 km · Bagotville | 24.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −20.4°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 48 km · Normandin | 23.9°C about the same | −23.4°C 2.6°C colder | 911 mm |
Chambord weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −10.5°C | −20.8°C | −15.7°C | 55 mm | 47 cm |
| February | −8.2°C | −18.8°C | −13.5°C | 45 mm | 44 cm |
| March | −1.2°C | −11.9°C | −6.6°C | 57 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 6.9°C | −3.2°C | 1.9°C | 64 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 3.8°C | 10.0°C | 71 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 10.0°C | 15.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.7°C | 13.3°C | 18.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 12.2°C | 17.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 7.4°C | 12.6°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.8°C | 1.3°C | 5.6°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 2.3°C | −5.1°C | −1.4°C | 71 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −5.8°C | −14.5°C | −10.2°C | 66 mm | 55 cm |
| Year | 7.9°C | −2.2°C | 2.9°C | 911 mm | 271 cm |
A February here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.3°C; the steadiest month is August
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −33.1°C in 2001 and a high of 26.2°C in 2012.
Where Chambord’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Roberval, 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 Chambord’s climate
How warm does Chambord get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 23.7°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Chambord get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −20.8°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Chambord get?
Count on roughly 911 mm a year, heaviest in July (112 mm) and lightest in February (45 mm).
Are these figures for Chambord itself?
They are borrowed from Roberval, the nearest place to Chambord where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Chambord →
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).