Wet weather: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Cap-Rouge, more than on 87% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.1°C. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 73% of Canadian towns. About 135 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Cap-Rouge has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 3.7 km north-east.
A year in Cap-Rouge at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Cap-Rouge’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Cap-Rouge feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
162 frost days and 101 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 21 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,173 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Ste-Foy (U. Laval) normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 5.4 km away.
About 331 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 89 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Beauséjour, 17 km away (Ste-Foy (U. Laval) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Cap-Rouge
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Cap-Rouge’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 39 days in a normal year.
Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 31 a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Cap-Rouge’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ste-Foy (U. Laval)
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Ste-Foy (U. Laval) are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 5.4 km |
| Snowfall from | Beauséjour, 17 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.8°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.3°C |
| Average wind | 9.9 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 5.4 km |
How Cap-Rouge 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
Places around Cap-Rouge whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Rouge Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C | −15.6°C | 1,173 mm |
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy 2.2 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
| L'Aéroport 2.9 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C 1.1°C colder | 1,173 mm |
Cap-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 | −15.6°C | −11.3°C | 87 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −14.4°C | −9.6°C | 66 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.8°C | −8.4°C | −3.8°C | 78 mm | 55 cm |
| April | 8.4°C | −0.6°C | 4.0°C | 94 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 6.5°C | 12.0°C | 92 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 11.7°C | 17.1°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.8°C | 20.0°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.9°C | 19.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 9.2°C | 14.3°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 3.2°C | 7.2°C | 116 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −2.7°C | 0.7°C | 91 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −3.2°C | −10.2°C | −6.7°C | 96 mm | 89 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | 0.6°C | 5.2°C | 1,173 mm | 331 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.8°C; the steadiest, August
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −27.7°C (2003) and 20.4°C (2012).
Where Cap-Rouge’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Ste-Foy (U. Laval), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Cap-Rouge’s climate
How warm does Cap-Rouge get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.1°C.
How cold does Cap-Rouge get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −15.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Cap-Rouge get?
Count on roughly 1,173 mm a year, heaviest in July (119 mm) and lightest in February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Cap-Rouge itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Ste-Foy (U. Laval); Cap-Rouge has no normals station.
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