Notre-Dame-du-Nord has some of the coldest winter nights among Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 24.8°C on average. By precipitation alone, it ranks drier than 67% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is September; the driest is February. About 117 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Notre-Dame-du-Nord has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Earlton, 30 km north-west.
A year in Notre-Dame-du-Nord at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Notre-Dame-du-Nord’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Notre-Dame-du-Nord feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 195 frosts and 96 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 49 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
740 mm of precipitation in a typical year
511th wettest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Heating a home in Notre-Dame-du-Nord
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 84% of Canadian towns.
Living with Notre-Dame-du-Nord’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 115 days, roughly 27 May to 20 September.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 81 days a year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 29 days a year.
The normals describe a typical year, not its worst days; the hazards page covers Notre-Dame-du-Nord’s.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Earlton
Earlton is a composite: ECCC joins 4 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 30 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 244 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | No location within 100 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −44.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 37.2°C |
| Average wind | 14.0 km/h on average, most often from the north-west |
| Next-nearest location | Kirkland Lake, 73 km |
How Notre-Dame-du-Nord 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 Notre-Dame-du-Nord’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 57–79 km from Notre-Dame-du-Nord.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notre-Dame-du-Nord Earlton | 24.8°C | −21.4°C | 740 mm |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part 57 km · Kirkland Lake | 24.0°C 0.8°C cooler | −21.9°C 0.5°C colder | 787 mm |
| Rouyn-Noranda 79 km · Rouyn | 23.7°C 1.1°C cooler | −20.1°C 1.3°C milder | 787 mm |
Notre-Dame-du-Nord weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean and precipitation.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −9.7°C | −21.4°C | −15.6°C | 43 mm |
| February | −7.2°C | −20.2°C | −13.7°C | 31 mm |
| March | −0.4°C | −12.9°C | −6.6°C | 42 mm |
| April | 8.0°C | −3.5°C | 2.3°C | 58 mm |
| May | 17.5°C | 3.8°C | 10.6°C | 68 mm |
| June | 22.7°C | 9.3°C | 16.0°C | 78 mm |
| July | 24.8°C | 12.0°C | 18.4°C | 85 mm |
| August | 23.3°C | 10.7°C | 17.0°C | 71 mm |
| September | 18.4°C | 6.2°C | 12.3°C | 88 mm |
| October | 10.1°C | 0.7°C | 5.4°C | 77 mm |
| November | 1.9°C | −6.1°C | −2.1°C | 57 mm |
| December | −5.2°C | −14.6°C | −9.9°C | 43 mm |
| Year | 8.7°C | −3.0°C | 2.8°C | 740 mm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.6°C; the steadiest month is July
March has the widest record range, −36.6°C in 2016 to 25.4°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Notre-Dame-du-Nord’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Earlton, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: snowfall (no location within 100 km publishes a full year of it), sunshine (none for 1991–2020) and an altitude correction.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Notre-Dame-du-Nord’s climate
How warm does Notre-Dame-du-Nord get in summer?
Expect highs near 24.8°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Notre-Dame-du-Nord get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −21.4°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Notre-Dame-du-Nord get?
About 740 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. September is the wettest month (88 mm) and February the driest (31 mm).
Are these figures for Notre-Dame-du-Nord itself?
They describe Earlton, the nearest normals location, rather than Notre-Dame-du-Nord itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Notre-Dame-du-Nord →
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