Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Wet weather: 1,130 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Lac-Drolet, more than on 83% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −15.9°C. Frost is common: about 187 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 74% of Canadian towns. Rain and snow are spread evenly through the year: the wettest month, July, gets little more than the driest, March. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 22–25°C.
Lac-Drolet has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from St Ludger, 13 km east.
A year in Lac-Drolet at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lac-Drolet’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Lac-Drolet feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
187 frost days and 96 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 26 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 1,130 mm a year
Some 148 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; February is the peak, at about 65 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Lac-Drolet
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lac-Drolet’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Lac-Drolet’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Ludger
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for St Ludger, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 13 km east |
| Station altitude | 335 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Georges, 47 km |
How Lac-Drolet 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 Lac-Drolet’s would only repeat its figures. Lac-Drolet has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 23–28 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lac-Drolet St Ludger | 24.5°C | −15.9°C | 1,130 mm |
| Lambton 23 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.0°C cooler | −16.1°C about the same | 1,324 mm |
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley 26 km · St Georges | 25.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −16.7°C 0.8°C colder | 1,054 mm |
Lac-Drolet 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 | −5.5°C | −15.9°C | −10.9°C | 93 mm | 60 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −15.3°C | −9.7°C | 80 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 1.4°C | −9.6°C | −4.1°C | 77 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −2.0°C | 3.8°C | 87 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 4.4°C | 10.8°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.8°C | 16.0°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 7.2°C | 13.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.5°C | 103 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −4.2°C | 0.2°C | 80 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 88 mm | 64 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −0.9°C | 4.6°C | 1,130 mm | 287 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is August
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. January spans the most, from −38.0°C (1995) to 18.0°C (1995).
Where Lac-Drolet’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for St Ludger, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lac-Drolet’s climate
How warm does Lac-Drolet get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 24.5°C.
How cold does Lac-Drolet get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −15.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Lac-Drolet get?
About 1,130 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (115 mm) and March the driest (77 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 127 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Lac-Drolet itself?
No, they come from St Ludger; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Lac-Drolet itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lac-Drolet →
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).