Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0Precipitation in Frelighsburg tops that of 94% of Canadian towns: 1,340 mm a year
Midwinter brings lows of about −12.9°C. Seasons differ by 39°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 21–26°C.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Frelighsburg, 5.5 km south-west.
A year in Frelighsburg at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Frelighsburg’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Frelighsburg feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 151 days, 20°C on 117
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 13 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 1,340 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. 2nd wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. On about 156 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Frelighsburg normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Sutton here, 8.6 km away.
About 321 cm of snow a year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 68 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Frelighsburg
92% 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. By this count, homes here need less heating than 66% of Canadian towns.
Living with Frelighsburg’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 28 days with a wind chill below −20.
About 45 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Frelighsburg’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Frelighsburg
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Frelighsburg.
| Distance from the town | 5.5 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 224 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Sutton, 8.6 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Average wind | 8.2 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Sutton, 8.6 km |
How Frelighsburg 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Frelighsburg’s would only repeat its figures.
Frelighsburg 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 | −3.4°C | −12.9°C | −8.1°C | 97 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −1.9°C | −11.8°C | −6.8°C | 84 mm | 62 cm |
| March | 3.0°C | −6.6°C | −1.8°C | 100 mm | 58 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | 0.5°C | 5.8°C | 111 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 18.7°C | 7.4°C | 13.1°C | 115 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 12.4°C | 17.7°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 15.1°C | 20.3°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.6°C | 14.2°C | 19.4°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.5°C | 10.0°C | 15.3°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.3°C | 8.7°C | 127 mm | 9 cm |
| November | 6.5°C | −1.6°C | 2.5°C | 112 mm | 34 cm |
| December | −0.2°C | −8.4°C | −4.3°C | 111 mm | 68 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.8°C | 1,340 mm | 321 cm |
From −37.0°C to 18.4°C: January’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.1°C from −8.1°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Frelighsburg’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Frelighsburg, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Frelighsburg’s climate
How warm does Frelighsburg get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.6°C.
How cold does Frelighsburg get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −12.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Frelighsburg get?
Some 1,340 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (128 mm), the least in February (84 mm).
Are these figures for Frelighsburg itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in Frelighsburg.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Frelighsburg →
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).