Wet weather: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Émile, more than on 87% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.0°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 80% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Plan for rain or snow on about 135 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) location, 9.2 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Émile at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Émile’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Émile feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 100
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
299 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 77 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Lauzon, 19 km away.
Heating a home in Saint-Émile
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs more heating than 64% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Émile’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Between the last frost, near 10 May, and the first, near 5 October, lie about 148 frost-free days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Count on some 56 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
Expect around 34 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Saint-Émile’s hazards page.
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 | 9.2 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 74 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Lauzon, 19 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), 11 km |
How Saint-Émile 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
Places around Saint-Émile whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Émile Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C | −16.7°C | 1,173 mm |
| Wendake 2.2 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
| Orsainville 3.8 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C 1.1°C milder | 1,173 mm |
Saint-Émile 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 | −16.7°C | −11.9°C | 87 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −15.7°C | −10.4°C | 66 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.4°C | −9.3°C | −4.5°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 8.3°C | −1.2°C | 3.5°C | 94 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 5.6°C | 11.6°C | 92 mm | 0 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 | 2 cm |
| November | 3.6°C | −3.8°C | −0.1°C | 91 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.3°C | −11.4°C | −7.3°C | 96 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | −0.4°C | 4.7°C | 1,173 mm | 299 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (2.9°C), August least
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in January: a low of −36.7°C in 2015 and a high of 17.7°C in 1996.
Where Saint-Émile’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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 Saint-Émile’s climate
How warm does Saint-Émile get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.0°C.
How cold does Saint-Émile get in winter?
January nights average −16.7°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Émile get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,173 mm: 119 mm in July, the wettest month, and 66 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Saint-Émile itself?
Close to it: they are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), just outside Saint-Émile’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Émile →
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).