Photo: pgmoisan · CC BY 3.0Midwinter lows in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix sink below those of 91% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 23.7°C. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 71% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Roberval, 33 km west, instead.
A year in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
187 frost days and 85 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
911 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 124 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 271 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 55 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 17 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 2 October, ends a season of about 137 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Roughly 79 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
A humidex above 30 marks about 22 days in a normal year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Roberval
Roberval is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 33 km west |
| Station altitude | 179 m |
| Completeness | at least 25 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.5 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Bagotville, 64 km |
How Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s would only repeat its figures. Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 25 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix Roberval | 23.7°C | −20.8°C | 911 mm |
| Larouche 25 km · Bagotville | 24.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −20.4°C about the same | 928 mm |
Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix 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 | −10.5°C | −20.8°C | −15.7°C | 55 mm | 47 cm |
| February | −8.2°C | −18.8°C | −13.5°C | 45 mm | 44 cm |
| March | −1.2°C | −11.9°C | −6.6°C | 57 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 6.9°C | −3.2°C | 1.9°C | 64 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 3.8°C | 10.0°C | 71 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 10.0°C | 15.8°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.7°C | 13.3°C | 18.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 12.2°C | 17.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 7.4°C | 12.6°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.8°C | 1.3°C | 5.6°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 2.3°C | −5.1°C | −1.4°C | 71 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −5.8°C | −14.5°C | −10.2°C | 66 mm | 55 cm |
| Year | 7.9°C | −2.2°C | 2.9°C | 911 mm | 271 cm |
From −33.1°C to 26.2°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 3.3°C around −13.5°C) and August least (1.0°C).
Where Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Roberval (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix’s climate
How warm does Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 23.7°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −20.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix get?
Around 911 mm a year in all, from 112 mm in July down to 45 mm in February.
Are these figures for Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix itself?
Not quite: they come from Roberval, the closest ECCC normals location to Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix →
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