Photo: Municipalitelapeche · CC BY-SA 4.0Summer arrives in force in La Pêche, hotter than in 83% of Canadian towns
January nights here settle around −16.0°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 43°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 75% of Canadian towns. About 137 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to La Pêche is Luskville, 17 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in La Pêche at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Pêche’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in La Pêche feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 119
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 27 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
968 mm of precipitation in a typical year
June is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 193 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 53 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in La Pêche
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with La Pêche’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Gardens get from about 20 May to 22 September without frost, around 124 days in all.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; La Pêche’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Luskville
Luskville is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 17 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Angers, 35 km |
How La Pêche 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on La Pêche’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 20–30 km from La Pêche.
La Pêche weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.4°C | −16.0°C | −10.9°C | 77 mm | 53 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −15.3°C | −9.2°C | 63 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.4°C | −3.0°C | 63 mm | 31 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | −0.2°C | 5.7°C | 74 mm | 6 cm |
| May | 19.8°C | 6.4°C | 13.1°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.5°C | 11.6°C | 18.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.9°C | 13.9°C | 20.2°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 12.8°C | 19.2°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.2°C | 8.6°C | 14.9°C | 87 mm | 1 cm |
| October | 13.3°C | 2.8°C | 8.1°C | 84 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.6°C | −3.1°C | 1.4°C | 74 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.8°C | −10.5°C | −6.3°C | 76 mm | 43 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 0.2°C | 5.9°C | 968 mm | 193 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.5°C; the steadiest month is August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −34.0°C (2003) to 28.0°C (2012).
Where La Pêche’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Luskville (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about La Pêche’s climate
How warm does La Pêche get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.9°C.
How cold does La Pêche get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −16.0°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does La Pêche get?
The yearly total is about 968 mm. June gets 99 mm, the most of any month; February gets 63 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 108 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for La Pêche itself?
Not exactly. La Pêche lacks a normals station, so Luskville supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Pêche →
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).