Photo: Marilyne Lesage · CC BY-SA 3.0Nights turn raw in Desbiens each January, colder than in 91% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.7°C. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 71% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to August, with highs of 22–24°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Desbiens itself; the figures are those of Roberval, 27 km north-west.
A year in Desbiens at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Desbiens’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Desbiens feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 187 days, 20°C on 85
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. 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
About 911 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 271 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 55 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Desbiens
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Desbiens’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 17 May to about 2 October, some 137 days in a normal year.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 79 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
The humidex tops 30 on about 22 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Desbiens’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Roberval
Roberval is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 27 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, 65 km |
How Desbiens 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Desbiens’s own would show the same figures). Distances here run 31–49 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Desbiens.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desbiens Roberval | 23.7°C | −20.8°C | 911 mm |
| Larouche 31 km · Bagotville | 24.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −20.4°C about the same | 928 mm |
| Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc 49 km · Normandin | 23.9°C about the same | −23.4°C 2.6°C colder | 911 mm |
Desbiens 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 |
In March, anything from −33.1°C to 26.2°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.3°C of its normal of −13.5°C; August keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Desbiens’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Roberval: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Desbiens’s climate
How warm does Desbiens get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.7°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Desbiens get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −20.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Desbiens get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 911 mm a year; July leads with 112 mm and February trails with 45 mm.
Are these figures for Desbiens itself?
Not as such: Roberval is the nearest normals location, and Desbiens has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Desbiens →
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).