Saint-Rodrigue is wetter than 87% of Canadian towns: 1,173 mm of rain and snow a year
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.1°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 73% of Canadian towns. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 19–25°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Saint-Rodrigue is Ste-Foy (U. Laval), 8.6 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Saint-Rodrigue at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Rodrigue’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Rodrigue feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 162 frosts and 101 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 21 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
On about 135 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
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), 10 km away.
Snowfall: about 299 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 77 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
ECCC’s Ste-Foy (U. Laval) normals leave snowfall out; the figures here come from Lauzon, 12 km away.
Heating a home in Saint-Rodrigue
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.
Living with Saint-Rodrigue’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 39 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
A humidex above 30 marks about 31 days in a normal year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Saint-Rodrigue: the 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 | 8.6 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 79 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Québec Jean Lesage (Airport), 10 km |
| Snowfall from | Lauzon, 12 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), 10 km |
How Saint-Rodrigue 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Rodrigue’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Rodrigue has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 8–11 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Rodrigue Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C | −15.6°C | 1,173 mm |
| Wendake 8.1 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C 1.1°C colder | 1,173 mm |
| Sainte-Pétronille 11 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C 1.0°C colder | 1,216 mm |
Saint-Rodrigue 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 | 62 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 | 51 cm |
| April | 8.4°C | −0.6°C | 4.0°C | 94 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 17.5°C | 6.5°C | 12.0°C | 92 mm | 0 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 | 2 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −2.7°C | 0.7°C | 91 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.2°C | −10.2°C | −6.7°C | 96 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.8°C | 0.6°C | 5.2°C | 1,173 mm | 299 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 2.8°C; the steadiest, August
March has the widest record range, −27.7°C in 2003 to 20.4°C in 2012; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Saint-Rodrigue’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, Ste-Foy (U. Laval): the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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: 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-Rodrigue’s climate
How warm does Saint-Rodrigue get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Rodrigue get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −15.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Rodrigue get?
Some 1,173 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in July (119 mm), the least in February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Rodrigue itself?
No: Saint-Rodrigue 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 Saint-Rodrigue →
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).