Afternoon heat in Beaurivage beats that of 78% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −13.5°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 74% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is October; the driest is February. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 122 times a year.
Read at Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 23 km south-west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Beaurivage at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Beaurivage’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Beaurivage feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
146 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Some 12 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
1,041 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 217 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 52 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Beaurivage
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. A house here needs less heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Beaurivage’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 167 days, roughly 29 April to 14 October.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 40 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
Plan shade and water for about 50 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Beaurivage’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Montréal Trudeau (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Montréal Trudeau (Airport) are 3 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 23 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 36 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.6°C |
| Average wind | 15.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | L'Assomption, 25 km |
How Beaurivage 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 Beaurivage’s own would show the same figures). The one place listed is 4 km from Beaurivage, the nearest with figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurivage Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C | −13.5°C | 1,041 mm |
| Montréal-Est 3.8 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C about the same | −16.0°C 2.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
Beaurivage weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.0°C | −13.5°C | −9.2°C | 86 mm | 52 cm |
| February | −3.4°C | −12.4°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.4°C | −6.5°C | −2.0°C | 77 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.1°C | 6.2°C | 90 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 8.3°C | 13.9°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.8°C | 19.0°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.7°C | 21.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.7°C | 15.6°C | 20.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 10.9°C | 16.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.5°C | 8.9°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.1°C | −1.7°C | 2.3°C | 84 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.2°C | −8.7°C | −5.0°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| Year | 11.7°C | 2.3°C | 7.0°C | 1,041 mm | 217 cm |
March has run from −26.9°C to 25.8°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.0°C from −9.2°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Beaurivage’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Montréal Trudeau (Airport) (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 Beaurivage’s climate
How warm does Beaurivage get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.7°C on a typical day.
How cold does Beaurivage get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Beaurivage get?
Around 1,041 mm a year in all, from 103 mm in October down to 66 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
In a normal winter there are about 101 days with at least 1 cm of snow lying.
Are these figures for Beaurivage itself?
Nearly: Montréal Trudeau (Airport), the location behind them, sits just beyond Beaurivage’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Beaurivage →
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).