Sacré-Coeur sits near the bottom of Canadian towns for July heat
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −16.6°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 83% of Canadian towns. October is the wettest month, January the driest. The furnace earns its keep from October to May, the months that average under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Sacré-Coeur itself; the figures are those of Grandes-Bergeronnes, 21 km east.
A year in Sacré-Coeur at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sacré-Coeur’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sacré-Coeur feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 177 frosts and 62 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 23 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
About 1,124 mm of rain and snow a year
On about 137 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 281 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 66 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sacré-Coeur
87% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sacré-Coeur’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Sacré-Coeur’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Grandes-Bergeronnes
Grandes-Bergeronnes is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 21 km east |
| Station altitude | 61 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.1°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 50 km |
How Sacré-Coeur 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 Sacré-Coeur’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest place to Sacré-Coeur with figures is 42 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacré-Coeur Grandes-Bergeronnes | 22.3°C | −16.6°C | 1,124 mm |
| L'Isle-Verte 42 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C about the same | −15.5°C 1.1°C milder | 1,124 mm |
Sacré-Coeur weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −8.2°C | −16.6°C | −12.5°C | 63 mm | 51 cm |
| February | −6.1°C | −15.0°C | −10.5°C | 68 mm | 64 cm |
| March | −0.8°C | −9.4°C | −5.3°C | 74 mm | 52 cm |
| April | 6.1°C | −1.8°C | 2.2°C | 98 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 14.0°C | 4.2°C | 9.1°C | 96 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 19.4°C | 9.4°C | 14.4°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 22.3°C | 12.4°C | 17.3°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 21.5°C | 11.7°C | 16.6°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 16.5°C | 7.3°C | 11.9°C | 110 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.4°C | 2.1°C | 5.8°C | 124 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 2.9°C | −3.4°C | −0.3°C | 78 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −3.7°C | −10.9°C | −7.3°C | 86 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 7.8°C | −0.8°C | 3.5°C | 1,124 mm | 281 cm |
In March, anything from −28.6°C to 18.0°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 (±2.9°C around −12.5°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.8°C).
Where Sacré-Coeur’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Grandes-Bergeronnes, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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 Sacré-Coeur’s climate
How warm does Sacré-Coeur get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 22.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Sacré-Coeur get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −16.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Sacré-Coeur get?
A normal year brings 1,124 mm, snow included as water: October is wettest at 124 mm, January driest at 63 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Expect snow on the ground, at least 1 cm, for about 147 days a year.
Are these figures for Sacré-Coeur itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Grandes-Bergeronnes, since Sacré-Coeur has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sacré-Coeur →
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).