Photo: Cell82 · CC BY-SA 3.0Wet weather: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Richmond, more than on 79% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.6°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 41°C. By January nights alone, it runs colder than 71% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 170 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
1991–2020 normals from ECCC’s Richmond location, 3.7 km south.
A year in Richmond at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Richmond’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Richmond feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
170 frost days and 114 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 23 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,070 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 136 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Richmond publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Drummondville, 36 km away.
About 229 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 60 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Richmond
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Richmond’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Richmond’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Richmond.
| Distance from the town | 3.7 km south |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Drummondville, 36 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Drummondville, 36 km |
How Richmond 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Richmond’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 17–30 km from Richmond.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,070 mm |
| L'Avenir 17 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C 0.8°C milder | 1,070 mm |
| Kingsey Falls 22 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C 0.5°C cooler | −15.3°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
Richmond weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
A February here can run from −42.0°C to 17.2°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.3°C around −10.0°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Richmond’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Richmond, 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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Richmond’s climate
How warm does Richmond get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.6°C on a typical day.
How cold does Richmond get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −15.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Richmond get?
A normal year brings 1,070 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 109 mm, February driest at 66 mm.
Are these figures for Richmond itself?
Nearly: Richmond, the location behind them, sits just beyond Richmond’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Richmond →
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).