Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Nouvelle, with about 337 cm a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.8°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 77% of Canadian towns. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 40°C. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 130 days a year with 1 mm or more.
These are not Nouvelle’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Charlo, 18 km south.
A year in Nouvelle at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Nouvelle’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Nouvelle feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
182 frost days and 82 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 23 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,011 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 337 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 71 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Charlo publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Bathurst, 71 km away.
Heating a home in Nouvelle
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Nouvelle’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
About 135 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 18 May to a first of 1 October.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Count on some 56 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 21 days a year turn sultry, with the humidex past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Nouvelle’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Charlo
ECCC builds the Charlo normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 18 km south |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bathurst, 71 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.9°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.7°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Bathurst, 71 km |
How Nouvelle 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
Places around Nouvelle whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 48–63 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Nouvelle.
Nouvelle weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.0°C | −16.2°C | −11.7°C | 71 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −5.5°C | −15.6°C | −10.6°C | 65 mm | 69 cm |
| March | 0.0°C | −9.8°C | −4.9°C | 79 mm | 68 cm |
| April | 6.5°C | −2.5°C | 2.0°C | 69 mm | 30 cm |
| May | 14.8°C | 3.4°C | 9.2°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 20.5°C | 9.2°C | 14.8°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.8°C | 13.0°C | 18.4°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.2°C | 12.1°C | 17.7°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.2°C | 7.3°C | 12.8°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.7°C | 2.1°C | 6.4°C | 94 mm | 6 cm |
| November | 3.5°C | −3.6°C | −0.1°C | 87 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −3.0°C | −10.6°C | −6.8°C | 76 mm | 68 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | −0.9°C | 3.9°C | 1,011 mm | 337 cm |
From year to year, February moves by 2.7°C, more than any month, and August least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −30.1°C (2001) to 22.6°C (2012).
Where Nouvelle’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Charlo, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Nouvelle’s climate
How warm does Nouvelle get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.8°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Nouvelle get in winter?
January nights average −16.2°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Nouvelle get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,011 mm of water a year; July brings the most (104 mm), February the least (65 mm).
Are these figures for Nouvelle itself?
No, the station behind them is Charlo, beyond Nouvelle’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Nouvelle →
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).