Normandin sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for winter warmth
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.9°C. Summers stay cool: July afternoons here are cooler than in 70% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 47°C. Frost comes on about 203 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, measured at Normandin, 1.9 km west.
A year in Normandin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Normandin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Normandin feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
203 frost days and 88 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 61 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
911 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 124 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Normandin normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Roberval here, 40 km away.
Snowfall: about 271 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 55 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Normandin
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. By this count, homes here need more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.
Living with Normandin’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 90 days a year.
Summer brings about 23 days when the humidex passes 30.
Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Normandin’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Normandin
ECCC builds the Normandin normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 1.9 km west |
| Station altitude | 137 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Roberval, 40 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −46.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.5°C |
| Average wind | 13.6 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Roberval, 40 km |
How Normandin 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 Normandin’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Normandin with figures is 20 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normandin | 23.9°C | −23.4°C | 911 mm |
| Saint-Félicien 20 km · Roberval | 23.7°C about the same | −20.8°C 2.6°C milder | 911 mm |
Normandin 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 | −10.9°C | −23.4°C | −17.2°C | 55 mm | 47 cm |
| February | −8.5°C | −22.4°C | −15.4°C | 45 mm | 44 cm |
| March | −1.7°C | −15.4°C | −8.4°C | 57 mm | 45 cm |
| April | 6.2°C | −5.0°C | 0.6°C | 64 mm | 29 cm |
| May | 16.3°C | 2.4°C | 9.4°C | 71 mm | 4 cm |
| June | 21.7°C | 8.0°C | 14.9°C | 87 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 11.1°C | 17.5°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.6°C | 9.8°C | 16.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.5°C | 99 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 9.6°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 81 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 1.7°C | −6.6°C | −2.5°C | 71 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −6.5°C | −16.9°C | −11.7°C | 66 mm | 55 cm |
| Year | 7.7°C | −4.4°C | 1.6°C | 911 mm | 271 cm |
February varies most from one year to the next (3.3°C), August least
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −46.6°C (2014) and 10.4°C (1996), the widest span of any month.
Where Normandin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Normandin, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Normandin’s climate
How warm does Normandin get in summer?
Expect highs near 23.9°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Normandin get in winter?
Lows sink to −23.4°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Normandin get?
Measured as water, a year brings 911 mm: 112 mm in July, the wettest month, and 45 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Normandin itself?
Yes: ECCC’s normals station is inside Normandin itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Normandin →
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