Hardly any Canadian towns see more snow than Pointe-à-la-Croix, with about 337 cm a year
Expect July afternoons of about 23.8°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 40°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 77% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 130 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Pointe-à-la-Croix is Charlo, 26 km east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Pointe-à-la-Croix at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pointe-à-la-Croix’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Pointe-à-la-Croix feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 182 frosts and 82 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 23 nights a year.
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
337 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 71 cm in January, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
ECCC’s Charlo normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Bathurst, 82 km away.
Heating a home in Pointe-à-la-Croix
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. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pointe-à-la-Croix’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 18 May to about 1 October, some 135 days in a normal year.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →A wind chill below −20 is part of about 56 days a year here.
Expect around 21 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Pointe-à-la-Croix’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 | 26 km east |
| Station altitude | 40 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bathurst, 82 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 | Causapscal, 56 km |
How Pointe-à-la-Croix 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 Pointe-à-la-Croix’s own would show the same figures). Pointe-à-la-Croix has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 56–74 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-à-la-Croix Charlo | 23.8°C | −16.2°C | 1,011 mm |
| Causapscal 56 km · Causapscal | 23.8°C about the same | −19.2°C 3.0°C colder | 932 mm |
| Kedgwick 66 km · St. Leonard | 24.2°C about the same | −17.9°C 1.7°C colder | 1,128 mm |
| Beresford 74 km · Bathurst | 25.1°C 1.3°C warmer | −16.0°C about the same | 1,118 mm |
Pointe-à-la-Croix 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 | −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
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −30.1°C (2001) and 22.6°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Pointe-à-la-Croix’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Charlo, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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 Pointe-à-la-Croix’s climate
How warm does Pointe-à-la-Croix get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 23.8°C.
How cold does Pointe-à-la-Croix get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −16.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Pointe-à-la-Croix get?
The year adds up to 1,011 mm. July is the peak month (104 mm) and February the low one (65 mm).
Are these figures for Pointe-à-la-Croix itself?
No: Pointe-à-la-Croix has no normals location, so the figures come from Charlo, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pointe-à-la-Croix →
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