Afternoon heat in Port-Daniel--Gascons trails that of 94% of Canadian towns
Nights in January average −14.2°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 80% of Canadian towns. Some 37°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Plan for rain or snow on about 133 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Port-Daniel--Gascons itself; the figures are those of New Carlisle, 32 km south-west.
A year in Port-Daniel--Gascons at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Port-Daniel--Gascons’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Port-Daniel--Gascons feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 175 frosts and 70 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 12 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,095 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 343 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in February (about 84 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
New Carlisle publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Bas Caraquet, 46 km away.
Heating a home in Port-Daniel--Gascons
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days. Homes here need more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Port-Daniel--Gascons’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 45 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 16 days a year.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Port-Daniel--Gascons’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: New Carlisle
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for New Carlisle are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 32 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 45 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bas Caraquet, 46 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −31.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.1°C |
| Average wind | 12.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Miscou Island, 40 km |
How Port-Daniel--Gascons 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Port-Daniel--Gascons’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Port-Daniel--Gascons with figures are 21–47 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port-Daniel--Gascons New Carlisle | 22.7°C | −14.2°C | 1,095 mm |
| Chandler 21 km · Miscou Island | 22.3°C about the same | −11.8°C 2.4°C milder | 1,161 mm |
| Grande-Rivière 37 km · Gaspé | 23.5°C 0.8°C warmer | −16.7°C 2.5°C colder | 1,161 mm |
| Bas-Caraquet 46 km · Bas Caraquet | 23.6°C 0.9°C warmer | −12.7°C 1.5°C milder | 984 mm |
Port-Daniel--Gascons weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8°C | −14.2°C | −10.1°C | 83 mm | 72 cm |
| February | −4.9°C | −13.8°C | −9.4°C | 71 mm | 84 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −8.7°C | −4.3°C | 92 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −2.2°C | 2.0°C | 73 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 13.3°C | 3.3°C | 8.3°C | 90 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 19.1°C | 8.7°C | 13.9°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.7°C | 12.8°C | 17.8°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.2°C | 12.4°C | 17.3°C | 83 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.8°C | 8.0°C | 12.9°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.8°C | 2.9°C | 6.9°C | 117 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.2°C | −2.4°C | 0.9°C | 101 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −8.9°C | −5.4°C | 106 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 8.6°C | −0.2°C | 4.2°C | 1,095 mm | 343 cm |
A March here can run from −25.0°C to 18.0°C
Two years in three, February’s average falls within 2.5°C of its normal of −9.4°C; August keeps to within 0.9°C.
Where Port-Daniel--Gascons’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, New Carlisle, 1991–2020.
- 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: 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Port-Daniel--Gascons’s climate
How warm does Port-Daniel--Gascons get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 22.7°C.
How cold does Port-Daniel--Gascons get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −14.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Port-Daniel--Gascons get?
Precipitation totals 1,095 mm a year, with October the wettest month (117 mm) and February the driest (71 mm).
Are these figures for Port-Daniel--Gascons itself?
They are borrowed from New Carlisle, the nearest place to Port-Daniel--Gascons where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
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