Climate in Rivière-Beaudette · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Rivière-Beaudette has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns

January nights here settle around −13.0°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in October and least in February. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 78% of Canadian towns. Expect about 147 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.

July afternoons: warmer than 78% of Canadian towns

January nights: milder than 59% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 78% of Canadian towns

ECCC publishes no normals for Rivière-Beaudette itself; the figures are those of St-Anicet, 12 km south.

July high

26.7°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−13.0°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,047 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

170 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

147

a year at 0°C or below

Frost-free days

161

28 Apr to 7 Oct

A year in Rivière-Beaudette at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−4°C−13°CColdest nightsSnowiest

Feb−3°C−12°C

Mar3°C−6°C

Apr11°C2°CLast frost ~28 Apr

May20°C9°C

Jun24°C14°C

Jul27°C16°CWarmest

Aug26°C15°C

Sep22°C11°C

Oct14°C5°CWettestFirst frost ~7 Oct

Nov now7°C−1°C

Dec0°C−8°C

What stands out about Rivière-Beaudette’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.

Warmer than 78% of Canadian townsJuly afternoons average 26.7°C, the warmest of the year. 4th warmest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.Wetter than 78% of Canadian townsAbout 1,047 mm of rain and melted snow a year; October is the wettest month and February the driest.

A normal year

What a year in Rivière-Beaudette feels like

Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Winter

−2°C / −11°C

210 mm, with 119 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / 1°C

253 mm, with 40 cm of snow

Summer

26°C / 15°C

294 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

14°C / 5°C

290 mm, with 11 cm of snow

−20°

−10°

0°

10°

20°

30°

40°

−4°C−13°C

−3°C−12°C

3°C−6°C

11°C2°C

20°C9°C

24°C14°C

27°C16°C

26°C15°C

22°C11°C

14°C5°C

7°C−1°C

0°C−8°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best months to be outsideMayJunJulAugSepHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

147 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year

The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 13 nights a year.

161 frost-free days · average dates, 1991–2020

28 Apr 7 Oct

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

147

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

Fewer frosts than 62% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

121

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

JFMAMJJASOND

Days above 20°C by month

Average days

JFMAMJJASOND

Rain & snow

1,047 mm of precipitation in a typical year

About 141 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

1,047 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 78% of Canadian towns

872 mm

Of it as rain alone (83%)

109 mm

October, the wettest month

59 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

109 mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Rain alone by month

Millimetres

110 mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Snow

About 170 cm of snow a year

The snow season runs November to April; January brings the most, about 44 cm. 484th snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.

170 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 62% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

110

Days a year with 1 cm or more on the ground

31 cm

Snow on the ground at the end of February, the deepest month

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

44 cm

JFMAMJJASOND

Snow on the ground by month

Centimetres at month’s end

31 cm

JFMAMJJASOND

Heating

Heating a home in Rivière-Beaudette

93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

4,189 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,271 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. A house here needs less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Rivière-Beaudette’s climate

What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.

The garden window

Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 28 April, has passed; autumn’s first, near 7 October, ends a season of about 161 days.

Get outside

The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 36 days a year.

Humidex

The humidex tops 30 on about 60 days a year: muggy days to plan around.

Storms and extremes

Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Rivière-Beaudette’s hazards page does.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: St-Anicet

St-Anicet is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.

Distance from the town	12 km south
Station altitude	53 m
Completeness	at least 20 years
WMO standard normals	No
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−38.0°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.0°C
Average wind	10.8 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest location	Cornwall, 40 km

Compared with other towns

How Rivière-Beaudette 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.

July afternoons26.7°C

Rivière-BeaudetteMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 78% of Canadian towns4th warmest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec

January nights−13.0°C

Rivière-BeaudetteMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Milder than 59% of Canadian towns4th mildest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec

Rain and snow a year1,047 mm

Rivière-BeaudetteMedian Canadian town

05001,0001,5002,000

Wetter than 78% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year170 cm

Rivière-BeaudetteMedian Canadian town

100200300400

Snowier than 62% of Canadian towns484th snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Rivière-Beaudette’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 19–24 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Rivière-Beaudette.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Rivière-Beaudette St-Anicet	26.7°C	−13.0°C	1,047 mm
Sainte-Marthe 19 km · Lachute	26.5°C about the same	−14.7°C 1.7°C colder	1,178 mm
South Glengarry 23 km · Cornwall	27.3°C 0.6°C warmer	−11.8°C 1.2°C milder	1,006 mm
Les Cèdres 24 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport)	26.7°C about the same	−13.5°C 0.5°C colder	1,041 mm

Month by month

Rivière-Beaudette 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	−4.1°C	−13.0°C	−8.7°C	73 mm	44 cm
February	−2.7°C	−12.1°C	−7.5°C	59 mm	41 cm
March	2.8°C	−6.2°C	−1.6°C	67 mm	33 cm
April	11.3°C	1.6°C	6.6°C	97 mm	8 cm
May	19.5°C	8.5°C	14.0°C	90 mm	0 cm
June	24.3°C	13.8°C	19.1°C	105 mm	0 cm
July	26.7°C	16.2°C	21.2°C	100 mm	0 cm
August	25.8°C	15.0°C	20.3°C	89 mm	0 cm
September	21.6°C	11.0°C	16.2°C	99 mm	0 cm
October	14.0°C	4.9°C	9.5°C	109 mm	1 cm
November	6.6°C	−1.0°C	3.0°C	81 mm	10 cm
December	−0.3°C	−7.6°C	−4.2°C	77 mm	34 cm
Year	12.1°C	2.6°C	7.3°C	1,047 mm	170 cm

Year to year

Two years in three, January’s average lands within 3.2°C of normal, against the steadier August

Over 1991–2020, March saw both −29.0°C (2014) and 27.0°C (2012), the widest span of any month.

−40°

−30°

−20°

−10°

0°

10°

20°

30°

40°

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Rivière-Beaudette’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for St-Anicet, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
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 Rivière-Beaudette’s climate

How warm does Rivière-Beaudette get in summer?

In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.7°C.

How cold does Rivière-Beaudette get in winter?

Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −13.0°C.

How much rain and snow does Rivière-Beaudette get?

Count on roughly 1,047 mm a year, heaviest in October (109 mm) and lightest in February (59 mm).

How long does snow stay on the ground?

Snow cover of 1 cm or more lasts about 110 days in a typical year.

Are these figures for Rivière-Beaudette itself?

Not directly: Rivière-Beaudette has no ECCC normals of its own, and St-Anicet stands in for it.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rivière-Beaudette →

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).