January in Mont-Laurier bites harder than in 81% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.6°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 63% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 43°C across the year, low to high. Windshields need scraping on about 181 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location is Maniwaki, 62 km south-west: at that distance its figures describe the region more than Mont-Laurier itself.
A year in Mont-Laurier at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Mont-Laurier’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Mont-Laurier feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 109
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 33 nights a year drop under −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 939 mm a year
October 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
Heating a home in Mont-Laurier
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Mont-Laurier’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
From about 16 May to 26 September the garden is usually clear of frost, some 132 days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 45 days in a normal year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 34 days a year.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Mont-Laurier’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Maniwaki
ECCC builds the Maniwaki normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 62 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 199 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 7.7 km/h on average, most often from the south |
| Next-nearest location | St-Jovite, 91 km |
How Mont-Laurier 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
Places around Mont-Laurier whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Mont-Laurier with figures is 29 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mont-Laurier Maniwaki | 25.6°C | −17.4°C | 939 mm |
| Chute-Saint-Philippe 29 km · St-Jovite | 25.3°C about the same | −18.3°C 0.9°C colder | 939 mm |
Mont-Laurier weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.4°C | −17.4°C | −12.0°C | 76 mm |
| February | −4.3°C | −16.5°C | −10.4°C | 56 mm |
| March | 2.0°C | −10.0°C | −4.0°C | 71 mm |
| April | 10.0°C | −2.1°C | 4.0°C | 72 mm |
| May | 18.6°C | 4.8°C | 11.7°C | 73 mm |
| June | 23.4°C | 10.0°C | 16.7°C | 80 mm |
| July | 25.6°C | 12.6°C | 19.1°C | 87 mm |
| August | 24.3°C | 11.5°C | 17.9°C | 95 mm |
| September | 19.6°C | 7.1°C | 13.3°C | 87 mm |
| October | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.7°C | 96 mm |
| November | 4.1°C | −4.5°C | −0.2°C | 72 mm |
| December | −3.1°C | −12.2°C | −7.7°C | 76 mm |
| Year | 10.5°C | −1.3°C | 4.6°C | 939 mm |
In March, anything from −31.8°C to 27.2°C
February is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.1°C of the normal, −10.4°C. July is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Mont-Laurier’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Maniwaki, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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 Mont-Laurier’s climate
How warm does Mont-Laurier get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.6°C.
How cold does Mont-Laurier get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −17.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Mont-Laurier get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 939 mm a year; October leads with 96 mm and February trails with 56 mm.
Are these figures for Mont-Laurier itself?
They are the figures for Maniwaki, which read better as the region’s climate than Mont-Laurier’s own.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Mont-Laurier →
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).