Photo: Interaction Qui Ltée · Public domainNights turn raw in Labrecque each January, colder than in 89% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 24.5°C. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 67% of Canadian towns. About 143 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Every figure here comes from Bagotville, 54 km south-east; ECCC has no normals closer to Labrecque, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Labrecque at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Labrecque’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Labrecque feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 188 frosts and 92 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 43 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
About 928 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 302 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 65 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Labrecque
90% 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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Labrecque’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 20 May, and the first, near 27 September, lie about 128 frost-free days.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Expect around 76 days a year when the wind chill sinks below −20.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 23 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Labrecque’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bagotville
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Bagotville, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 54 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 159 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.4°C |
| Average wind | 14.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Roberval, 58 km |
How Labrecque compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Labrecque’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labrecque Bagotville | 24.5°C | −20.4°C | 928 mm |
| Saint-Nazaire 11 km · Bagotville | 24.5°C about the same | −20.4°C about the same | 928 mm |
| L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur 12 km · Roberval | 23.7°C 0.8°C cooler | −20.8°C about the same | 911 mm |
Labrecque 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 | −9.7°C | −20.4°C | −15.1°C | 58 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −7.4°C | −18.7°C | −13.1°C | 48 mm | 52 cm |
| March | −0.7°C | −11.8°C | −6.3°C | 58 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 7.4°C | −3.2°C | 2.1°C | 61 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 16.6°C | 3.7°C | 10.2°C | 78 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.6°C | 16.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 12.9°C | 18.7°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.4°C | 11.8°C | 17.6°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.2°C | 6.9°C | 12.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | 1.4°C | 5.7°C | 92 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 2.3°C | −5.4°C | −1.5°C | 66 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −5.1°C | −13.9°C | −9.5°C | 64 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −2.3°C | 3.1°C | 928 mm | 302 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −33.0°C to 25.2°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.2°C of its normal of −15.1°C; August keeps to within 1.1°C.
Where Labrecque’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Bagotville from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Labrecque’s climate
How warm does Labrecque get in summer?
Afternoons average 24.5°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Labrecque get in winter?
Expect nights around −20.4°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Labrecque get?
About 928 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (112 mm) and February the driest (48 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 156 days a year.
Are these figures for Labrecque itself?
They are the figures for Bagotville, which read better as the region’s climate than Labrecque’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Labrecque →
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).