Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Princeville tops that of 84% of Canadian towns: 1,150 mm a year
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.1°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 20–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Princeville has no normals station, so these come from Arthabaska, 17 km south.
A year in Princeville at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Princeville’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Princeville feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 169 frosts and 104 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. 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
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
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 50 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Princeville’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Princeville’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Arthabaska
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Arthabaska.
| Distance from the town | 17 km south |
| 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 | Fortierville, 37 km |
How Princeville 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Princeville’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Princeville with figures are 14–28 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Princeville Arthabaska | 25.1°C | −15.3°C | 1,150 mm |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford 14 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C 1.6°C colder | 1,138 mm |
| Laurierville 21 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,324 mm |
Princeville 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 | −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
January has the widest record range, −39.0°C in 2004 to 16.0°C in 1996; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Princeville’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Arthabaska, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Princeville’s climate
How warm does Princeville get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 25.1°C.
How cold does Princeville get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Princeville get?
Count on roughly 1,150 mm a year, heaviest in July (131 mm) and lightest in February (67 mm).
Are these figures for Princeville itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Arthabaska, outside Princeville.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Princeville →
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).