Photo: Michel Pilon · CC BY 3.0Precipitation in Notre-Dame-des-Bois tops that of 83% of Canadian towns: 1,130 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −15.9°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 40°C apart. Frost is common: about 187 nights a year drop below freezing, more than in 74% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Notre-Dame-des-Bois has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads St Ludger, 50 km north-east, instead.
A year in Notre-Dame-des-Bois at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Notre-Dame-des-Bois’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Notre-Dame-des-Bois feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 187 frosts and 96 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 26 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 1,130 mm of rain and snow a year
July brings the most rain and snow; March, the least. Some 148 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to May; February brings the most, about 65 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Notre-Dame-des-Bois
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Notre-Dame-des-Bois’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Notre-Dame-des-Bois: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Ludger
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for St Ludger.
| Distance from the town | 50 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 335 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | Sherbrooke, 50 km |
How Notre-Dame-des-Bois 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 Notre-Dame-des-Bois whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest place to Notre-Dame-des-Bois with figures is 34 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-des-Bois St Ludger | 24.5°C | −15.9°C | 1,130 mm |
| Bury 34 km · Sherbrooke | 25.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −16.5°C 0.6°C colder | 1,015 mm |
Notre-Dame-des-Bois 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 | −5.5°C | −15.9°C | −10.9°C | 93 mm | 60 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −15.3°C | −9.7°C | 80 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 1.4°C | −9.6°C | −4.1°C | 77 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −2.0°C | 3.8°C | 87 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 4.4°C | 10.8°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.8°C | 16.0°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 7.2°C | 13.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.5°C | 103 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −4.2°C | 0.2°C | 80 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 88 mm | 64 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −0.9°C | 4.6°C | 1,130 mm | 287 cm |
January has run from −38.0°C to 18.0°C in thirty years
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −10.9°C) and August least (1.0°C).
Where Notre-Dame-des-Bois’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at St Ludger (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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: 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 Notre-Dame-des-Bois’s climate
How warm does Notre-Dame-des-Bois get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 24.5°C.
How cold does Notre-Dame-des-Bois get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −15.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Notre-Dame-des-Bois get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,130 mm of water a year; July brings the most (115 mm), March the least (77 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 127 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Notre-Dame-des-Bois itself?
They describe St Ludger, the nearest normals location, rather than Notre-Dame-des-Bois itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Notre-Dame-des-Bois →
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).