Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY 2.0Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Maliotenam
Nights in January average −20.1°C. Expect the most rain and snow in October and the least in February. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 95% of Canadian towns. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 126 times a year.
Borrowed figures: Maliotenam has no normals station, so these come from Sept-Îles, 5.1 km west.
A year in Maliotenam at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Maliotenam’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Maliotenam feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
205 frost days and 37 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 45 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,077 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Maliotenam
83% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: September to May.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than almost every Canadian town.
Living with Maliotenam’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Count on some 76 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 1 days a year.
A typical year is calm by definition; Maliotenam’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Sept-Îles
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Sept-Îles are 4 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 5.1 km west |
| Station altitude | 55 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.6°C |
| Average wind | 13.0 km/h on average, most often from the east |
| Next-nearest location | Cap-Madeleine, 126 km |
How Maliotenam 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 Maliotenam’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Maliotenam with figures are 121–134 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maliotenam Sept-Îles | 19.7°C | −20.1°C | 1,077 mm |
| Saint-Maxime-du-Mont-Louis 121 km · Cap-Madeleine | 20.3°C 0.6°C warmer | −13.4°C 6.7°C milder | 1,161 mm |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Monts 123 km · Cap-Chat | 19.7°C about the same | −13.9°C 6.2°C milder | 1,077 mm |
Maliotenam weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.9°C | −20.1°C | −14.5°C | 77 mm |
| February | −7.4°C | −19.4°C | −13.4°C | 60 mm |
| March | −1.9°C | −12.7°C | −7.3°C | 74 mm |
| April | 4.1°C | −4.4°C | −0.1°C | 76 mm |
| May | 10.9°C | 1.1°C | 6.0°C | 86 mm |
| June | 16.7°C | 6.5°C | 11.6°C | 87 mm |
| July | 19.7°C | 10.3°C | 15.1°C | 103 mm |
| August | 19.5°C | 9.6°C | 14.6°C | 86 mm |
| September | 14.8°C | 4.8°C | 9.8°C | 107 mm |
| October | 8.4°C | 0.1°C | 4.3°C | 118 mm |
| November | 1.7°C | −6.3°C | −2.3°C | 112 mm |
| December | −4.9°C | −14.3°C | −9.6°C | 92 mm |
| Year | 6.1°C | −3.7°C | 1.2°C | 1,077 mm |
In March, anything from −32.8°C to 16.4°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −13.4°C; July keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Maliotenam’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Sept-Îles: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Maliotenam’s climate
How warm does Maliotenam get in summer?
Highs reach 19.7°C on an average July day; no month is warmer.
How cold does Maliotenam get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −20.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Maliotenam get?
Count on roughly 1,077 mm a year, heaviest in October (118 mm) and lightest in February (60 mm).
Are these figures for Maliotenam itself?
They come from Sept-Îles, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Maliotenam.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Maliotenam →
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).