Photo: GuyFromGaspésie2 · CC0Chandler sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
January mornings start at about −11.8°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 86% of Canadian towns. Some 35°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Comfortable outdoor weather lasts from June to September, with highs of 18–22°C.
No ECCC station in Chandler has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Miscou Island, 41 km south-east, instead.
A year in Chandler at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Chandler’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Chandler feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 164 frosts and 67 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,161 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 123 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Miscou Island publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Gaspé, 52 km away.
Snowfall: about 385 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 80 cm. The snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Chandler
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Chandler’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Expect around 43 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Plan shade and water for about 16 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Chandler’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Miscou Island
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Miscou Island, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 41 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 4 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Gaspé, 52 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −27.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.8°C |
| Average wind | 19.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Gaspé, 52 km |
How Chandler 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Chandler’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Chandler with figures are 16–23 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Miscou Island | 22.3°C | −11.8°C | 1,161 mm |
| Grande-Rivière 16 km · Gaspé | 23.5°C 1.2°C warmer | −16.7°C 4.9°C colder | 1,161 mm |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons 21 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C about the same | −14.2°C 2.4°C colder | 1,095 mm |
Chandler 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 | −4.4°C | −11.8°C | −8.1°C | 88 mm | 80 cm |
| February | −4.3°C | −12.2°C | −8.3°C | 73 mm | 74 cm |
| March | −0.6°C | −8.0°C | −4.3°C | 104 mm | 79 cm |
| April | 4.7°C | −1.9°C | 1.4°C | 88 mm | 39 cm |
| May | 12.1°C | 3.5°C | 7.8°C | 92 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 18.1°C | 9.0°C | 13.6°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.3°C | 13.5°C | 17.9°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.2°C | 13.8°C | 18.0°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 9.7°C | 13.8°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 4.7°C | 7.9°C | 130 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.8°C | −0.9°C | 2.0°C | 105 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −1.0°C | −6.7°C | −3.8°C | 120 mm | 72 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | 1.1°C | 4.8°C | 1,161 mm | 385 cm |
March has run from −25.3°C to 14.0°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, March’s average typically shifts by 2.1°C around its normal of −4.3°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 0.8°C.
Where Chandler’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Miscou Island, 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Chandler’s climate
How warm does Chandler get in summer?
Afternoons average 22.3°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Chandler get in winter?
Of all twelve months, February has the coldest nights, about −12.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Chandler get?
The yearly total is about 1,161 mm. October gets 130 mm, the most of any month; February gets 73 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Chandler itself?
Not quite: they come from Miscou Island, the closest ECCC normals location to Chandler.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Chandler →
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).