Frost comes to La Macaza more often than to 89% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.3°C. Some 44°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 88% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to August, the months with highs of 23–25°C.
Borrowed figures: La Macaza has no normals station, so these come from St-Jovite, 41 km south.
A year in La Macaza at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Macaza’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in La Macaza feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
196 frost days and 111 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 41 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,178 mm of rain and snow a year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 143 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s St-Jovite normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Lachute here, 92 km away.
About 218 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 56 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in La Macaza
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. Homes here need more heating than 80% of Canadian towns.
Living with La Macaza’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 28 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 15 September, about 110 days later.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →About 34 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 35 a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see La Macaza’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Jovite
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for St-Jovite.
| Distance from the town | 41 km south |
| Station altitude | 234 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lachute, 92 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 4.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lachute, 92 km |
How La Macaza 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 La Macaza’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to La Macaza with figures are 48–69 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Macaza St-Jovite | 25.3°C | −18.3°C | 1,178 mm |
| Lac-des-Écorces 48 km · Maniwaki | 25.6°C about the same | −17.4°C 0.9°C milder | 939 mm |
| Wentworth-Nord 68 km · Lachute | 26.5°C 1.2°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.6°C milder | 1,178 mm |
La Macaza weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −18.3°C | −11.9°C | 97 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −17.9°C | −10.6°C | 72 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −11.3°C | −4.4°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 100 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.3°C | 11.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 8.5°C | 15.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 10.9°C | 18.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 9.8°C | 17.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.9°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 0.5°C | 6.4°C | 120 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −5.1°C | −0.2°C | 93 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −2.5°C | −12.9°C | −7.7°C | 94 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −2.5°C | 4.2°C | 1,178 mm | 218 cm |
In March, anything from −38.3°C to 27.1°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.2°C of the normal, −11.9°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where La Macaza’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at St-Jovite, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about La Macaza’s climate
How warm does La Macaza get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.3°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does La Macaza get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −18.3°C.
How much rain and snow does La Macaza get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,178 mm; the range runs from 72 mm in February to 120 mm in October.
Are these figures for La Macaza itself?
They come from St-Jovite, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for La Macaza.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Macaza →
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).