Wet weather: 1,178 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Morin-Heights, more than on 88% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 26.5°C. Winter and summer sit 41°C apart. In January, nights here are colder than in 67% of Canadian towns. The outdoor season runs from June to September, with highs of 21–27°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Morin-Heights itself; the figures are those of Lachute, 28 km south.
A year in Morin-Heights at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Morin-Heights’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Morin-Heights feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 159 frosts and 115 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,178 mm of precipitation in a typical year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 143 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
218 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 56 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Morin-Heights
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months.
Living with Morin-Heights’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 12 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 3 October, ends a season of about 143 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Morin-Heights’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lachute
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Lachute, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 28 km south |
| Station altitude | 91 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | St-Jovite, 33 km |
How Morin-Heights 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Morin-Heights’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morin-Heights Lachute | 26.5°C | −14.7°C | 1,178 mm |
| Saint-Sauveur 4.0 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C about the same | 1,178 mm |
| Sainte-Adèle 9.5 km · St-Jovite | 25.3°C 1.2°C cooler | −18.3°C 3.6°C colder | 1,178 mm |
Morin-Heights 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 | −5.5°C | −14.7°C | −10.2°C | 97 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −3.6°C | −13.6°C | −8.3°C | 72 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.4°C | −7.2°C | −2.5°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 11.0°C | 0.5°C | 5.9°C | 100 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.4°C | 7.4°C | 13.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.1°C | 12.6°C | 18.4°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.5°C | 15.1°C | 20.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.4°C | 14.3°C | 19.8°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.8°C | 9.9°C | 15.4°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.8°C | 3.7°C | 8.4°C | 120 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.2°C | −2.3°C | 1.6°C | 93 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −9.5°C | −6.0°C | 94 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 1.4°C | 6.4°C | 1,178 mm | 218 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.2°C; the steadiest month is August
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −30.5°C in 2007 and a high of 26.5°C in 2012.
Where Morin-Heights’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Lachute, the nearest location with a full year 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Morin-Heights’s climate
How warm does Morin-Heights get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Morin-Heights get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −14.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Morin-Heights get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,178 mm a year; October leads with 120 mm and February trails with 72 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 128 days a year.
Are these figures for Morin-Heights itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Lachute; Morin-Heights has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Morin-Heights →
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