Lorrainville sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
Sunny July days climb to about 24.8°C. Precipitation is light here, less than falls on 67% of Canadian towns. September is the wettest month here, with about 2.9 times the rain and snow of February. Frost comes on about 195 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Lorrainville has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Earlton, 54 km north-west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Lorrainville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Lorrainville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Lorrainville feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 195 days, 20°C on 96
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 49 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 740 mm of rain and snow a year
511th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec. About 117 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Lorrainville
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. A house here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Lorrainville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
On average the last spring frost comes around 27 May and the first autumn frost around 20 September: about 115 frost-free days between.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 81 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Roughly 29 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Lorrainville’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Earlton
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Earlton are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 54 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.2°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Barrage Témiscamingue, 74 km |
How Lorrainville 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Lorrainville’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 73–102 km from Lorrainville.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorrainville Earlton | 24.8°C | −21.4°C | 740 mm |
| Témiscaming 73 km · Barrage Témiscamingue | 25.5°C 0.7°C warmer | −16.0°C 5.4°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 83 km · Kirkland Lake | 24.0°C 0.8°C cooler | −21.9°C 0.5°C colder | 787 mm |
| Nipissing, Unorganized, North Part 88 km · North Bay | 24.3°C 0.5°C cooler | −17.3°C 4.1°C milder | 1,020 mm |
| Rouyn-Noranda 100 km · Rouyn | 23.7°C 1.1°C cooler | −20.1°C 1.3°C milder | 787 mm |
Lorrainville weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.7°C | −21.4°C | −15.6°C | 43 mm |
| February | −7.2°C | −20.2°C | −13.7°C | 31 mm |
| March | −0.4°C | −12.9°C | −6.6°C | 42 mm |
| April | 8.0°C | −3.5°C | 2.3°C | 58 mm |
| May | 17.5°C | 3.8°C | 10.6°C | 68 mm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 78 mm |
| July | 24.8°C | 12.0°C | 18.4°C | 85 mm |
| August | 23.3°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 71 mm |
| September | 18.4°C | 6.2°C | 12.3°C | 88 mm |
| October | 10.1°C | 0.7°C | 5.4°C | 77 mm |
| November | 1.9°C | −6.1°C | −2.1°C | 57 mm |
| December | −5.2°C | −14.6°C | −9.9°C | 43 mm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −3.0°C | 2.8°C | 740 mm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 3.6°C; July the least
March has the widest record range, −36.6°C in 2016 to 25.4°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Lorrainville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Earlton, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: a snowfall figure (none within 100 km), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Lorrainville’s climate
How warm does Lorrainville get in summer?
Expect highs near 24.8°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Lorrainville get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −21.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Lorrainville get?
Precipitation totals 740 mm a year, with September the wettest month (88 mm) and February the driest (31 mm).
Are these figures for Lorrainville itself?
No. The nearest normals are those of Earlton, a long way from Lorrainville.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Lorrainville →
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).