Photo: Beauce1977 at English Wikipedia · Public domainWet weather: 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Frampton, more than on 89% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −16.5°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 78% of Canadian towns. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. About 158 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Frampton has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Scott, 20 km west.
A year in Frampton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Frampton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Frampton feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 100
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 27 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,182 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 75 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Frampton
90% 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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Frampton’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 18 May to 27 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 130 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Frampton’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Scott.
| Distance from the town | 20 km west |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Beauséjour, 35 km |
How Frampton 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Frampton’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 13–21 km from Frampton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frampton Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Léon-de-Standon 13 km · St Camille | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −17.5°C 1.0°C colder | 1,284 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 18 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
| Saint-Damien-de-Buckland 20 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.5°C milder | 1,182 mm |
Frampton weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
The month with the widest range: January, −42.0°C to 15.0°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −11.9°C; August keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Frampton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Scott, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Frampton’s climate
How warm does Frampton get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 25.1°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Frampton get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Frampton get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,182 mm; the range runs from 75 mm in February to 126 mm in July.
Are these figures for Frampton itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Scott, not in Frampton; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Frampton →
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).