Wet weather: 1,216 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Michel, more than on 90% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.9°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 79% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is March. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 19–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Michel has no normals station, so these come from Lauzon, 11 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Michel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Michel’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Michel feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 179 frosts and 95 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 25 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
1,216 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
299 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 77 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Michel
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. Homes here need more heating than 71% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Michel’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Saint-Michel’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Lauzon
Lauzon is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 15 km |
How Saint-Michel 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
Places around Saint-Michel whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 9–15 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Michel.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel Lauzon | 24.9°C | −16.6°C | 1,216 mm |
| Québec 8.6 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C 1.0°C milder | 1,173 mm |
| Lac-Beauport 9.4 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
Saint-Michel weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.1°C | −16.6°C | −12.1°C | 80 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −15.4°C | −10.1°C | 80 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.3°C | −9.2°C | −4.6°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 7.8°C | −1.9°C | 3.3°C | 95 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.1°C | 5.3°C | 11.2°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 10.6°C | 16.6°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.9°C | 13.7°C | 19.2°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.8°C | 12.7°C | 18.2°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.0°C | 8.2°C | 13.7°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.0°C | 2.4°C | 6.8°C | 112 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 3.9°C | −3.6°C | 0.4°C | 84 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.4°C | −11.5°C | −7.8°C | 101 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.6°C | −0.4°C | 4.6°C | 1,216 mm | 299 cm |
In January, anything from −39.0°C to 12.5°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −12.1°C; August keeps to within 0.8°C.
Where Saint-Michel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Lauzon (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Michel’s climate
How warm does Saint-Michel get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 24.9°C on a typical day.
How cold does Saint-Michel get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −16.6°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Michel get?
About 1,216 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (129 mm) and March the driest (78 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Roughly 143 days a year start with snow cover of 1 cm or more.
Are these figures for Saint-Michel itself?
Not as such: Lauzon is the nearest normals location, and Saint-Michel has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Michel →
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).