Photo: Élie Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Fermont sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
July afternoons average 19.6°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in almost every Canadian town. Precipitation follows the seasons: August brings about 3.1 times as much as February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 144 times a year.
ECCC publishes no normals for Fermont itself; the figures are those of Wabush, 21 km north-east.
A year in Fermont at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Fermont’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Fermont feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
231 frost days and 37 days above 20°C a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 87 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 860 mm of rain and snow a year
508th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 459 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs September to June; November brings the most, about 80 cm. The 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 Fermont
84% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. By this count, homes here need more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Fermont’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 97 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 7 June to a first of 13 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul.
Parks & trails →Roughly 118 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
The humidex tops 30 on about 2 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Fermont’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Wabush
Wabush is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 551 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 32.6°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Churchill Falls, 218 km |
How Fermont 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.
Fermont 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 | −16.2°C | −27.1°C | −21.7°C | 49 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −14.3°C | −26.9°C | −20.6°C | 38 mm | 57 cm |
| March | −6.8°C | −20.5°C | −13.7°C | 52 mm | 71 cm |
| April | 1.3°C | −10.2°C | −4.5°C | 48 mm | 48 cm |
| May | 9.8°C | −1.6°C | 4.1°C | 55 mm | 14 cm |
| June | 16.7°C | 4.7°C | 10.7°C | 89 mm | 1 cm |
| July | 19.6°C | 8.5°C | 14.1°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 18.2°C | 7.9°C | 13.1°C | 120 mm | under 1 cm |
| September | 12.4°C | 3.2°C | 7.8°C | 91 mm | 3 cm |
| October | 4.5°C | −2.4°C | 1.0°C | 81 mm | 39 cm |
| November | −3.7°C | −11.3°C | −7.5°C | 72 mm | 80 cm |
| December | −11.1°C | −20.7°C | −15.9°C | 53 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 2.5°C | −8.0°C | −2.8°C | 860 mm | 459 cm |
The most changeable month: February, give or take 3.7°C; the steadiest, July
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −41.6°C in 1995 to 14.7°C in 1999.
Where Fermont’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Wabush: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Fermont’s climate
How warm does Fermont get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 19.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Fermont get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −27.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Fermont get?
Precipitation totals 860 mm a year, with August the wettest month (120 mm) and February the driest (38 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 201 days a year.
Are these figures for Fermont itself?
Not directly: Fermont has no ECCC normals of its own, and Wabush stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Fermont →
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).