Photo: Pymouss · CC BY-SA 4.0La Présentation is wetter than 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.8°C on average. Winter and summer sit 41°C apart. In January, nights here are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 21–26°C.
La Présentation has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Fleury, 17 km north.
A year in La Présentation at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Présentation’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in La Présentation feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 161 frosts and 115 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 20 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,109 mm a year
The most falls in August, the least in February. On about 145 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
202 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 49 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in La Présentation
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together.
Living with La Présentation’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Tender plants are usually safe from around 12 May until frost returns near 27 September: about 136 days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for La Présentation: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fleury
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Fleury, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Next-nearest location | L'Assomption, 35 km |
How La Présentation 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share La Présentation’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 15–18 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Présentation.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Présentation Fleury | 26.0°C | −14.8°C | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-Damase 15 km · Granby | 25.6°C about the same | −13.4°C 1.4°C milder | 1,226 mm |
| Saint-Jean-Baptiste 17 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −13.6°C 1.2°C milder | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 17 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.2°C colder | 1,109 mm |
La Présentation 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 | −5.8°C | −14.8°C | −10.5°C | 81 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −13.6°C | −8.6°C | 61 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −7.3°C | −2.7°C | 71 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.8°C | 96 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.2°C | 98 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.9°C | 20.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.7°C | 19.3°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.6°C | 8.4°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −2.0°C | 1.9°C | 90 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −9.3°C | −5.9°C | 85 mm | 49 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.2°C | 1,109 mm | 202 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is August
Each bar spans a month’s coldest and warmest readings over thirty years; March’s run from −31.0°C in 1992 to 25.5°C in 2012.
Where La Présentation’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Fleury from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Présentation’s climate
How warm does La Présentation get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 26.0°C.
How cold does La Présentation get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −14.8°C.
How much rain and snow does La Présentation get?
About 1,109 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. August is the wettest month (114 mm) and February the driest (61 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 106 days a year.
Are these figures for La Présentation itself?
No, the station behind them is Fleury, beyond La Présentation’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Présentation →
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).