Summer arrives in force in Les Rapides, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
January mornings start at about −14.0°C. June is the wettest month, February the driest. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 60% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 147 days a year at 0°C or below.
Borrowed figures: Les Rapides has no normals station, so these come from Ottawa (City), 13 km south.
A year in Les Rapides at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Les Rapides’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Les Rapides feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 147 frosts and 121 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 15 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
938 mm of precipitation in a typical year
About 120 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 185 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 45 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Les Rapides
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Les Rapides’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Frost usually lets go around 30 April and returns near 6 October, about 158 days apart.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 39 days a year.
Roughly 50 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Les Rapides’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ottawa (City)
Ottawa (City) is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 13 km south |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.3°C |
| Average wind | 11.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Angers, 16 km |
How Les Rapides 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
Places around Les Rapides whose figures come from another normals location. Les Rapides has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 7–26 km out.
Les Rapides 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 | −5.2°C | −14.0°C | −9.6°C | 65 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −12.9°C | −8.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.5°C | −6.9°C | −2.2°C | 62 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 11.2°C | 1.1°C | 6.2°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.3°C | 18.8°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 15.8°C | 21.3°C | 92 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.6°C | 14.6°C | 20.1°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.1°C | 15.6°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | 4.1°C | 8.8°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.8°C | −1.8°C | 2.0°C | 72 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.5°C | −8.7°C | −5.1°C | 74 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 1.9°C | 6.8°C | 938 mm | 185 cm |
A March here can run from −28.5°C to 26.5°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −9.6°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.1°C).
Where Les Rapides’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Ottawa (City) from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Les Rapides’s climate
How warm does Les Rapides get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.7°C.
How cold does Les Rapides get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Les Rapides get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 938 mm a year; June leads with 95 mm and February trails with 52 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 115 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Les Rapides itself?
No: Les Rapides has no normals location, so the figures come from Ottawa (City), the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Les Rapides →
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).