Wet weather: 1,138 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Deschambault-Grondines, more than on 84% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.5°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 81% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in July and eases off in February. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
These are not Deschambault-Grondines’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Fortierville, 19 km south.
A year in Deschambault-Grondines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Deschambault-Grondines’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Deschambault-Grondines feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 175 days, 20°C on 107
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 29 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,138 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 141 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 253 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 59 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Deschambault-Grondines
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Deschambault-Grondines’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Deschambault-Grondines’s 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 | 19 km south |
| 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), 48 km |
How Deschambault-Grondines 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 Deschambault-Grondines’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 17 km from Deschambault-Grondines.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deschambault-Grondines Fortierville | 25.5°C | −16.9°C | 1,138 mm |
| Saint-Basile 17 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −16.7°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
Deschambault-Grondines 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 | −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 |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.2°C; the steadiest, June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −32.0°C (1995) to 23.5°C (2012).
Where Deschambault-Grondines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Fortierville, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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, 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 Deschambault-Grondines’s climate
How warm does Deschambault-Grondines get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.5°C.
How cold does Deschambault-Grondines get in winter?
January nights average −16.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Deschambault-Grondines get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,138 mm of water a year; July brings the most (133 mm), February the least (69 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 134 days a year.
Are these figures for Deschambault-Grondines itself?
Not exactly. Deschambault-Grondines lacks a normals station, so Fortierville supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Deschambault-Grondines →
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