Photo: Bouchecl · CC BY-SA 3.0Winter nights in La Tuque are colder than in 92% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.5°C. Precipitation follows the seasons: July brings about 2.8 times as much as February. Windshields need scraping on about 197 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Figures: ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals at La Tuque (5.0 km south-east).
A year in La Tuque at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about La Tuque’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in La Tuque feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
197 frost days and 103 days above 20°C a year
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 50 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
About 935 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in La Tuque
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with La Tuque’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 113 frost-free days, roughly 30 May to 22 September.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 61 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 27 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; La Tuque’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Tuque
ECCC builds the La Tuque normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 5.0 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 152 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.4°C |
| Average wind | 8.0 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | Fortierville, 121 km |
How La Tuque 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share La Tuque’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 68–80 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from La Tuque.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Tuque | 25.5°C | −21.1°C | 935 mm |
| Lac-aux-Sables 68 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C 4.2°C milder | 1,138 mm |
| Saint-Tite 80 km · Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C about the same | −14.1°C 7.0°C milder | 1,101 mm |
La Tuque weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.2°C | −21.1°C | −14.7°C | 58 mm |
| February | −5.7°C | −20.3°C | −13.0°C | 48 mm |
| March | 0.8°C | −13.2°C | −6.2°C | 59 mm |
| April | 8.8°C | −4.0°C | 2.4°C | 60 mm |
| May | 18.4°C | 3.0°C | 10.7°C | 77 mm |
| June | 23.5°C | 8.6°C | 16.1°C | 89 mm |
| July | 25.5°C | 11.9°C | 18.7°C | 135 mm |
| August | 24.3°C | 10.8°C | 17.6°C | 91 mm |
| September | 19.1°C | 6.5°C | 12.8°C | 97 mm |
| October | 10.8°C | 0.7°C | 5.8°C | 91 mm |
| November | 2.9°C | −5.6°C | −1.4°C | 64 mm |
| December | −4.6°C | −14.4°C | −9.5°C | 67 mm |
| Year | 9.6°C | −3.1°C | 3.3°C | 935 mm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.2°C; August the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −37.4°C (2016) and 26.9°C (2012).
Where La Tuque’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, La Tuque, 1991–2020.
- 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 La Tuque’s climate
How warm does La Tuque get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.5°C.
How cold does La Tuque get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −21.1°C.
How much rain and snow does La Tuque get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 935 mm; the range runs from 48 mm in February to 135 mm in July.
Are these figures for La Tuque itself?
They are: the normals station that gives them stands in La Tuque.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for La Tuque →
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).