Precipitation in Pont-Rouge tops that of 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −16.7°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 80% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 135 days a year with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Pont-Rouge itself; the figures are those of Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 24 km east.
A year in Pont-Rouge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pont-Rouge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Pont-Rouge feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
170 frost days and 100 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost 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
About 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
253 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 59 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Fortierville, 41 km away (Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Pont-Rouge
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 64% of Canadian towns.
Living with Pont-Rouge’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Wait until about 10 May to plant out; frost tends to come back around 5 October, about 148 days later.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 56 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Roughly 34 days a year feel hotter than 30 once humidity is counted.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Pont-Rouge’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Québec Jean Lesage (Airport)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 24 km east |
| Station altitude | 74 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Fortierville, 41 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −36.7°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.2°C |
| Average wind | 13.2 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 29 km |
How Pont-Rouge 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 Pont-Rouge’s own would show the same figures). Pont-Rouge has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 11 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pont-Rouge Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C | −16.7°C | 1,173 mm |
| Cap-Santé 11 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C 0.5°C warmer | −16.9°C about the same | 1,138 mm |
Pont-Rouge 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 | −7.1°C | −16.7°C | −11.9°C | 87 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −15.7°C | −10.4°C | 66 mm | 55 cm |
| March | 0.4°C | −9.3°C | −4.5°C | 78 mm | 47 cm |
| April | 8.3°C | −1.2°C | 3.5°C | 94 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 92 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 10.8°C | 16.7°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 13.9°C | 19.5°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.0°C | 12.8°C | 18.4°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.1°C | 8.3°C | 13.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.4°C | 6.8°C | 116 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 3.6°C | −3.8°C | −0.1°C | 91 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −3.3°C | −11.4°C | −7.3°C | 96 mm | 59 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | −0.4°C | 4.7°C | 1,173 mm | 253 cm |
A January here can run from −36.7°C to 17.7°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 2.9°C of its normal of −11.9°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Pont-Rouge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Québec Jean Lesage (Airport): the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Pont-Rouge’s climate
How warm does Pont-Rouge get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.0°C.
How cold does Pont-Rouge get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Pont-Rouge get?
A normal year brings 1,173 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 119 mm, February driest at 66 mm.
Are these figures for Pont-Rouge itself?
Not quite: they come from Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), the closest ECCC normals location to Pont-Rouge.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pont-Rouge →
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).