Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0Percé gets more frosts than 90% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 23.5°C. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 86% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 40°C apart. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
Percé has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Gaspé, 24 km north.
A year in Percé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Percé’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Percé feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 200 days, 20°C on 78
The frost season runs September to June, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 27 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 1,161 mm a year
The most falls in October, the least in February. Some 123 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 385 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; January brings the most, about 80 cm. The snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Percé
86% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Percé’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 4 June, has passed; autumn’s first, near 17 September, ends a season of about 104 days.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 55 days in a normal year.
The humidex tops 30 on about 18 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Percé’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Gaspé
Gaspé is a composite: ECCC joins 3 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km north |
| Station altitude | 34 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.2°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Miscou Island, 64 km |
How Percé compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Percé’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 38–89 km from Percé.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percé Gaspé | 23.5°C | −16.7°C | 1,161 mm |
| Chandler 38 km · Miscou Island | 22.3°C 1.2°C cooler | −11.8°C 4.9°C milder | 1,161 mm |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons 59 km · New Carlisle | 22.7°C 0.8°C cooler | −14.2°C 2.5°C milder | 1,095 mm |
| Lamèque 88 km · Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C about the same | −12.7°C 4.0°C milder | 984 mm |
Percé 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 | −5.6°C | −16.7°C | −11.1°C | 88 mm | 80 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −16.7°C | −10.8°C | 73 mm | 74 cm |
| March | 0.4°C | −11.1°C | −5.4°C | 104 mm | 79 cm |
| April | 6.4°C | −3.5°C | 1.4°C | 88 mm | 39 cm |
| May | 13.9°C | 1.3°C | 7.6°C | 92 mm | 5 cm |
| June | 19.7°C | 6.6°C | 13.2°C | 79 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 10.7°C | 17.1°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.0°C | 10.0°C | 16.6°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.4°C | 5.5°C | 11.9°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 0.8°C | 6.0°C | 130 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.4°C | −4.0°C | 0.2°C | 105 mm | 32 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −10.7°C | −6.3°C | 120 mm | 72 cm |
| Year | 9.0°C | −2.3°C | 3.4°C | 1,161 mm | 385 cm |
Two years in three, February’s average lands within 2.5°C of normal, against the steadier August
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −30.1°C (2008) and 21.1°C (2012).
Where Percé’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Gaspé (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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 Percé’s climate
How warm does Percé get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Percé get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Percé get?
Count on roughly 1,161 mm a year, heaviest in October (130 mm) and lightest in February (73 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 150 days a year.
Are these figures for Percé itself?
No: Percé has no normals location, so the figures come from Gaspé, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Percé →
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).