Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Snowy winters: about 274 cm a year in Charette, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −14.1°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 80% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 145 days a year at 0°C or below.
Charette has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Trois-Rivières, 32 km east.
A year in Charette at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Charette’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Charette feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
145 frost days and 104 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. On about 15 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
About 1,101 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 132 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 274 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Charette
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year.
Living with Charette’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 42 days with a wind chill below −20.
On some 37 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Charette’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trois-Rivières
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Trois-Rivières are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 32 km east |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.4 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Nicolet, 35 km |
How Charette 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
Places around Charette whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 19 km from Charette.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charette Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C | −14.1°C | 1,101 mm |
| Yamachiche 19 km · Nicolet | 25.7°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.4°C 2.3°C colder | 948 mm |
Charette 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 | −5.6°C | −14.1°C | −9.9°C | 83 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −3.9°C | −13.1°C | −8.5°C | 66 mm | 53 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −7.3°C | −3.1°C | 76 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | 0.3°C | 4.6°C | 87 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.6°C | 83 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 13.6°C | 18.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 16.7°C | 20.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 15.6°C | 19.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 5.1°C | 8.5°C | 101 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −1.3°C | 1.8°C | 88 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −8.6°C | −5.3°C | 95 mm | 69 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.2°C | 1,101 mm | 274 cm |
A January here can run from −32.3°C to 12.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.8°C of the normal, −9.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Charette’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Trois-Rivières (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Charette’s climate
How warm does Charette get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.1°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Charette get in winter?
Overnight lows average −14.1°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Charette get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,101 mm a year; July leads with 125 mm and February trails with 66 mm.
Are these figures for Charette itself?
Not exactly. Charette lacks a normals station, so Trois-Rivières supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Charette →
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).