More rain and snow fall on L'Avenir than on 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 26.0°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. In July, afternoons here are warmer than in 61% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from May to September, with highs of 19–26°C.
These are not L'Avenir’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Drummondville, 18 km north-west.
A year in L'Avenir at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about L'Avenir’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in L'Avenir feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 153 days, 20°C on 114
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,070 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 136 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 229 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 60 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in L'Avenir
93% 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.
Living with L'Avenir’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; L'Avenir’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummondville
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Drummondville.
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 82 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Richmond, 21 km |
How L'Avenir 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 L'Avenir’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Avenir Drummondville | 26.0°C | −14.2°C | 1,070 mm |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey 7.5 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C 0.8°C colder | 1,070 mm |
| Saint-Lucien 12 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 1,070 mm |
L'Avenir weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −14.2°C | −9.7°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −12.8°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −7.2°C | −2.4°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | 0.9°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.6°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 16.2°C | 21.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 15.2°C | 20.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.9°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.7°C | 9.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.9°C | −1.5°C | 2.2°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −8.8°C | −5.2°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.2°C; June the least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −31.0°C (2007) and 25.0°C (2012).
Where L'Avenir’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Drummondville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about L'Avenir’s climate
How warm does L'Avenir get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 26.0°C.
How cold does L'Avenir get in winter?
Overnight lows average −14.2°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does L'Avenir get?
Some 1,070 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (109 mm), the least in February (66 mm).
Are these figures for L'Avenir itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Drummondville, not in L'Avenir; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for L'Avenir →
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).