Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.0More rain and snow fall on Plessisville than on 84% of Canadian towns: 1,150 mm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 25.1°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 72% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 40°C apart. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 20–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Plessisville has no normals station, so these come from Arthabaska, 26 km south-west.
A year in Plessisville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Plessisville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Plessisville feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
169 frost days and 104 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 22 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
About 1,150 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. 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 220 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 50 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Plessisville’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Plessisville’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Arthabaska
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Arthabaska, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 26 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 140 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Thetford Mines, 35 km |
How Plessisville 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Plessisville’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plessisville Arthabaska | 25.1°C | −15.3°C | 1,150 mm |
| Plessisville 2.9 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C about the same | −15.3°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
| Laurierville 11 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,324 mm |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford 16 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C 1.6°C colder | 1,138 mm |
Plessisville 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 | −5.8°C | −15.3°C | −10.8°C | 76 mm | 48 cm |
| February | −4.2°C | −13.8°C | −8.9°C | 67 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 1.5°C | −8.2°C | −3.5°C | 73 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −0.5°C | 4.8°C | 84 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 6.4°C | 12.2°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.9°C | 11.5°C | 17.2°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.3°C | 19.4°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.6°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.7°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 3.3°C | 7.8°C | 115 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −2.9°C | 1.2°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −10.0°C | −6.1°C | 90 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.5°C | 1,150 mm | 220 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.3°C; the steadiest, June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −39.0°C in 2004 and a high of 16.0°C in 1996.
Where Plessisville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Arthabaska: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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 Plessisville’s climate
How warm does Plessisville get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Plessisville get in winter?
Overnight lows average −15.3°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Plessisville get?
A normal year brings 1,150 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 131 mm, February driest at 67 mm.
Are these figures for Plessisville itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Arthabaska; Plessisville has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Plessisville →
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).