Frosty mornings in Rivière-Bleue outnumber those of 90% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 25.0°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 44°C apart. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 68% of Canadian towns. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings suit July and August, with highs of 24–25°C.
Every figure here comes from Edmundston, 51 km east; ECCC has no normals closer to Rivière-Bleue, so they describe the wider area.
A year in Rivière-Bleue at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Rivière-Bleue’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Rivière-Bleue feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
198 frost days and 98 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. On about 40 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,012 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 122 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
329 cm of snow in a typical year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 70 cm in February, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: St. Leonard, 93 km away (Edmundston records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Rivière-Bleue
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Rivière-Bleue’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Rivière-Bleue’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmundston
ECCC builds the Edmundston normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 51 km east |
| Station altitude | 154 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | St. Leonard, 93 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 58 km |
How Rivière-Bleue compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Rivière-Bleue whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 18 km from Rivière-Bleue.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Bleue Edmundston | 25.0°C | −19.1°C | 1,012 mm |
| Pohénégamook 18 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 2.5°C cooler | −15.5°C 3.6°C milder | 906 mm |
Rivière-Bleue 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 | −6.9°C | −19.1°C | −13.0°C | 71 mm | 70 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −18.7°C | −11.8°C | 63 mm | 70 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −11.9°C | −5.5°C | 64 mm | 64 cm |
| April | 8.5°C | −3.6°C | 2.4°C | 67 mm | 26 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 2.9°C | 10.1°C | 85 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 7.8°C | 15.0°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.0°C | 18.1°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 9.8°C | 17.0°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.2°C | 5.3°C | 12.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.5°C | 0.2°C | 5.8°C | 103 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 87 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −2.8°C | −12.5°C | −7.7°C | 89 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 9.9°C | −2.8°C | 3.5°C | 1,012 mm | 329 cm |
From −36.2°C to 25.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 2.7°C from −13.0°C. July moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Rivière-Bleue’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Edmundston, 1991–2020.
- 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: 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, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Rivière-Bleue’s climate
How warm does Rivière-Bleue get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 25.0°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Rivière-Bleue get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −19.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Rivière-Bleue get?
The year adds up to 1,012 mm. July is the peak month (107 mm) and February the low one (63 mm).
Are these figures for Rivière-Bleue itself?
Not really: Edmundston, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Rivière-Bleue.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Rivière-Bleue →
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).