Photo: The original uploader was Stéphane Voyer at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 1.0Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Havre-Saint-Pierre
On a normal January night the air cools to about −18.5°C. Seasons differ by 38°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 98% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs September to May: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Havre-Saint-Pierre has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, 45 km west.
A year in Havre-Saint-Pierre at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Havre-Saint-Pierre’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Havre-Saint-Pierre feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
214 frost days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 38 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
About 1,040 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. On about 129 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Precipitation: Natashquan, 129 km away (Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan records no complete year of it).
Living with Havre-Saint-Pierre’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →About 64 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 1 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Havre-Saint-Pierre’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan
Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 45 km west |
| Station altitude | 11 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Natashquan, 129 km |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 29.9°C |
| Average wind | 8.5 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Natashquan, 129 km |
How Havre-Saint-Pierre 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Havre-Saint-Pierre’s own would show the same figures). Havre-Saint-Pierre has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 159 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Havre-Saint-Pierre Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan | 19.4°C | −18.5°C | 1,040 mm |
| Grande-Vallée 159 km · Cap-Madeleine | 20.3°C 0.9°C warmer | −13.4°C 5.1°C milder | 1,161 mm |
Havre-Saint-Pierre weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.9°C | −18.5°C | −12.7°C | 76 mm |
| February | −5.6°C | −18.0°C | −11.8°C | 62 mm |
| March | −0.6°C | −12.8°C | −6.7°C | 91 mm |
| April | 5.2°C | −4.5°C | 0.4°C | 66 mm |
| May | 10.9°C | 0.2°C | 5.6°C | 86 mm |
| June | 16.3°C | 5.0°C | 10.7°C | 81 mm |
| July | 19.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.2°C | 113 mm |
| August | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.6°C | 81 mm |
| September | 14.8°C | 3.9°C | 9.4°C | 98 mm |
| October | 8.9°C | 0.0°C | 4.5°C | 108 mm |
| November | 2.8°C | −5.5°C | −1.4°C | 96 mm |
| December | −3.4°C | −13.3°C | −8.3°C | 82 mm |
| Year | 6.8°C | −3.9°C | 1.4°C | 1,040 mm |
A April here can run from −28.2°C to 18.1°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; February is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±2.8°C around −11.8°C), July the one that wanders least (±0.7°C).
Where Havre-Saint-Pierre’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Havre-Saint-Pierre’s climate
How warm does Havre-Saint-Pierre get in summer?
Afternoons average 19.4°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Havre-Saint-Pierre get in winter?
Expect nights around −18.5°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Havre-Saint-Pierre get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,040 mm a year; July leads with 113 mm and February trails with 62 mm.
Are these figures for Havre-Saint-Pierre itself?
No: Havre-Saint-Pierre has no normals location, so the figures come from Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Havre-Saint-Pierre →
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