Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy is wetter than 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
January mornings start at about −15.6°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 73% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 41°C apart. Frost comes on about 162 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 2.0 km north.
A year in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
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
About 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 135 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
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), 5.9 km away.
331 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 89 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Beauséjour, 16 km away (Ste-Foy (U. Laval) records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Winter brings about 39 days with a wind chill below −20.
Summer brings about 31 days when the humidex passes 30.
Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s hazards page covers the risks.
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 | 2.0 km north |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 5.9 km |
| Snowfall from | Beauséjour, 16 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), 5.9 km |
How Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy 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 Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C | −15.6°C | 1,173 mm |
| Plateau 1.6 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
| L'Aéroport 3.8 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C 1.1°C colder | 1,173 mm |
Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| 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 |
March has run from −27.7°C to 20.4°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.8°C around its normal of −11.3°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Ste-Foy (U. Laval) (the closest location with all twelve months of 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: 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 Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy’s climate
How warm does Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy get in summer?
Summer peaks in July: a typical afternoon reaches 25.1°C.
How cold does Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −15.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy get?
The yearly total is about 1,173 mm. July gets 119 mm, the most of any month; February gets 66 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy itself?
No: Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy has no normals location, so the figures come from Ste-Foy (U. Laval), the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy →
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