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Climate in Romaine 2 · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Romaine 2

Deep winter brings January lows near −18.2°C. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 38°C apart. About 195 nights a year bring a frost, more than in 89% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 195 days a year at 0°C or below.

July afternoons: cooler than almost every Canadian town

January nights: colder than 84% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 71% of Canadian towns

Romaine 2 has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Natashquan, 80 km west, so read them as the wider area’s climate.

July high

19.5°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−18.2°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,040 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Frost days

195

a year at 0°C or below

Frost-free days

114

28 May to 20 Sep

A year in Romaine 2 at a glance

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

Jan−7°C−18°CColdest nights

Feb−7°C−18°C

Mar−2°C−12°C

Apr4°C−5°C

May10°C1°CLast frost ~28 May

Jun16°C7°C

Jul20°C11°CWarmestWettest

Aug19°C10°C

Sep15°C6°CFirst frost ~20 Sep

Oct9°C1°C

Nov now3°C−5°C

Dec−4°C−13°C

What stands out about Romaine 2’s climate

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

Cooler than almost every Canadian townJuly afternoons average 19.5°C, the warmest of the year. 512th warmest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.Colder than 84% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average −18.2°C, the coldest of the year.Wetter than 71% of Canadian townsAbout 1,040 mm of rain and melted snow a year; July is the wettest month and February the driest.

A normal year

What a year in Romaine 2 feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−6°C / −16°C

221 mm of rain and snow

Spring

4°C / −5°C

243 mm of rain and snow

Summer

18°C / 9°C

275 mm of rain and snow

Autumn

9°C / 1°C

301 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

−30°

−20°

−10°

0°

10°

20°

30°

−7°C−18°C

−2°C−12°C

4°C−5°C

10°C1°C

16°C7°C

20°C11°C

19°C10°C

15°C6°C

9°C1°C

3°C−5°C

−4°C−13°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Frost & warm days

Frost on 195 days, 20°C on 32

Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 38 nights a year drop under −20°C.

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

28 May 20 Sep

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

195

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than 89% of Canadian towns

104

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

Days a year above 20°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

1,040 mm of precipitation in a typical year

July is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.

1,040 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 71% of Canadian towns

113 mm

July, the wettest month

62 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

113 mm

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Heating

Heating a home in Romaine 2

83% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.

5,957 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

1,059 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 more heating than 98% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Romaine 2’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

The garden window

Gardens get from about 28 May to 20 September without frost, around 114 days in all.

Get outside

For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 70 days a year.

Humidex

Expect around 2 sticky days a year with the humidex above 30.

Storms and extremes

Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Romaine 2’s hazards page does.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Natashquan

ECCC builds the Natashquan normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.

Distance from the town	80 km west
Station altitude	12 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Snowfall from	No location within 100 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−42.8°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	29.1°C
Average wind	16.3 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest location	Daniel's Harbour, 220 km

Compared with other towns

How Romaine 2 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 afternoons19.5°C

Romaine 2Median Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Cooler than almost every Canadian town512th warmest of 514 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec

January nights−18.2°C

Romaine 2Median Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 84% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,040 mm

Romaine 2Median Canadian town

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Wetter than 71% of Canadian towns

Month by month

Romaine 2 weather by month

Average daily high and low, mean temperature and precipitation by month, 1991–2020.

Month	High	Low	Mean	Rain & snow
January	−7.4°C	−18.2°C	−12.9°C	76 mm
February	−6.8°C	−17.8°C	−12.3°C	62 mm
March	−1.9°C	−12.2°C	−7.1°C	91 mm
April	3.5°C	−4.5°C	−0.5°C	66 mm
May	10.4°C	1.1°C	5.8°C	86 mm
June	16.0°C	6.5°C	11.3°C	81 mm
July	19.5°C	10.6°C	15.1°C	113 mm
August	19.4°C	10.1°C	14.8°C	81 mm
September	14.9°C	5.7°C	10.3°C	98 mm
October	8.9°C	0.9°C	4.9°C	108 mm
November	2.7°C	−5.0°C	−1.2°C	96 mm
December	−3.5°C	−12.5°C	−8.0°C	82 mm
Year	6.3°C	−3.0°C	1.7°C	1,040 mm

Year to year

A December here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is June

Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. January spans the most, from −42.8°C (1991) to 5.8°C (2006).

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−40°

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Romaine 2’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Natashquan (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
Not on this page: snow, with no complete snowfall normals within 100 km, sunshine, which ECCC published for no location, and any height adjustment.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Romaine 2’s climate

How warm does Romaine 2 get in summer?

Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 19.5°C on a typical day.

How cold does Romaine 2 get in winter?

Overnight lows average −18.2°C in January, the coldest month.

How much rain and snow does Romaine 2 get?

The yearly total is about 1,040 mm. July gets 113 mm, the most of any month; February gets 62 mm, the least.

Are these figures for Romaine 2 itself?

They are the figures for Natashquan, which read better as the region’s climate than Romaine 2’s own.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Romaine 2 →

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).