Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Laurier-Station is wetter than 84% of Canadian towns: 1,138 mm of rain and snow a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.5°C. Winter and summer sit 42°C apart. Its January nights bite harder than in 81% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 20–26°C.
Laurier-Station has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Fortierville, 33 km west.
A year in Laurier-Station at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Laurier-Station’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Laurier-Station feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 175 frosts and 107 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 29 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,138 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 253 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 59 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Laurier-Station
91% 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. Homes here need more heating than 61% of Canadian towns.
Living with Laurier-Station’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Laurier-Station’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fortierville
Fortierville is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 33 km west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 35 km |
How Laurier-Station 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Laurier-Station’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurier-Station Fortierville | 25.5°C | −16.9°C | 1,138 mm |
| Saint-Flavien 4.7 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C 0.5°C cooler | −16.7°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
| Saint-Janvier-de-Joly 7.0 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C about the same | 1,138 mm |
| Saint-Agapit 15 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
Laurier-Station 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 | −6.9°C | −16.9°C | −12.0°C | 81 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −4.9°C | −15.9°C | −10.5°C | 69 mm | 55 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −9.0°C | −4.0°C | 79 mm | 47 cm |
| April | 9.5°C | −1.0°C | 4.4°C | 94 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 18.4°C | 5.8°C | 12.1°C | 92 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.3°C | 11.1°C | 17.2°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 14.0°C | 19.6°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 12.9°C | 18.6°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.0°C | 8.3°C | 14.2°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.1°C | 2.5°C | 7.4°C | 105 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −3.2°C | 0.9°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −10.9°C | −6.9°C | 100 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | −0.2°C | 5.1°C | 1,138 mm | 253 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −32.0°C to 23.5°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.2°C around −12.0°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Laurier-Station’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Fortierville, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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 Laurier-Station’s climate
How warm does Laurier-Station get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.5°C on a typical day.
How cold does Laurier-Station get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −16.9°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Laurier-Station get?
Count on roughly 1,138 mm a year, heaviest in July (133 mm) and lightest in February (69 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 134 days a year count as snow-covered, with 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Laurier-Station itself?
They describe Fortierville, the nearest normals location, rather than Laurier-Station itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Laurier-Station →
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).