Summer arrives in force in Pointe-Saint-Charles, hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
Deep winter brings January lows near −13.5°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in October and least in February. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 74% of Canadian towns. Expect about 146 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Read at Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 15 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Pointe-Saint-Charles at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pointe-Saint-Charles’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Pointe-Saint-Charles feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 146 frosts and 121 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 12 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,041 mm of rain and snow a year
About 122 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 217 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 52 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Pointe-Saint-Charles
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. Over a year, a home here needs less heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pointe-Saint-Charles’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 29 April, and the first, near 14 October, lie about 167 frost-free days.
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 →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 40 days a year here.
Expect around 50 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Pointe-Saint-Charles’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 | 15 km 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'Acadie, 27 km |
How Pointe-Saint-Charles 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 Pointe-Saint-Charles whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 8–16 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Pointe-Saint-Charles.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Saint-Charles Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C | −13.5°C | 1,041 mm |
| Brossard 8.1 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C about the same | −13.6°C about the same | 1,041 mm |
| Boucherville 16 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C about the same | −16.0°C 2.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
Pointe-Saint-Charles 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 |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.0°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −26.9°C (1992) to 25.8°C (2012).
Where Pointe-Saint-Charles’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 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: 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 Pointe-Saint-Charles’s climate
How warm does Pointe-Saint-Charles get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 26.7°C.
How cold does Pointe-Saint-Charles get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −13.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Pointe-Saint-Charles get?
October is the wettest month at 103 mm and February the driest at 66 mm, for 1,041 mm over the year.
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 Pointe-Saint-Charles itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Montréal Trudeau (Airport), just outside Pointe-Saint-Charles’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pointe-Saint-Charles →
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).