East Broughton is wetter than 93% of Canadian towns: 1,324 mm of rain and snow a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −16.1°C. July is the wettest month, November the driest. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 80% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 177 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Borrowed figures: East Broughton has no normals station, so these come from Thetford Mines, 25 km south-west.
A year in East Broughton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about East Broughton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in East Broughton feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 177 frosts and 87 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 25 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,324 mm of rain and snow a year
7th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. Some 167 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
358 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 81 cm. 6th snowiest of 494 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in East Broughton
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with East Broughton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
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 →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on East Broughton’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Thetford Mines
ECCC builds the Thetford Mines normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 25 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 381 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Georges, 30 km |
How East Broughton 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
Places around East Broughton whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Broughton Thetford Mines | 23.5°C | −16.1°C | 1,324 mm |
| Tring-Jonction 7.7 km · Scott | 25.1°C 1.6°C warmer | −16.5°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Victor 16 km · St Georges | 25.3°C 1.8°C warmer | −16.7°C 0.6°C colder | 1,054 mm |
East Broughton 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 | −6.9°C | −16.1°C | −11.5°C | 102 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −5.4°C | −15.0°C | −10.2°C | 92 mm | 80 cm |
| March | 0.3°C | −9.2°C | −4.5°C | 95 mm | 67 cm |
| April | 7.8°C | −1.7°C | 3.1°C | 103 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 5.3°C | 10.9°C | 107 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.3°C | 10.5°C | 15.9°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 13.2°C | 18.4°C | 140 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 12.3°C | 17.4°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.3°C | 8.0°C | 13.2°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.7°C | 2.2°C | 6.4°C | 122 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 3.4°C | −3.9°C | −0.3°C | 91 mm | 28 cm |
| December | −3.5°C | −11.1°C | −7.3°C | 114 mm | 81 cm |
| Year | 9.0°C | −0.5°C | 4.3°C | 1,324 mm | 358 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.9°C; August the least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −28.7°C (2007) and 22.2°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where East Broughton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Thetford Mines: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about East Broughton’s climate
How warm does East Broughton get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 23.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does East Broughton get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −16.1°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does East Broughton get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,324 mm; the range runs from 91 mm in November to 140 mm in July.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 155 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for East Broughton itself?
They come from Thetford Mines, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for East Broughton.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for East Broughton →
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