More rain and snow fall on Saint-Albert than on 84% of Canadian towns: 1,150 mm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −15.3°C on average. In January, nights here are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 20–25°C.
These are not Saint-Albert’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Arthabaska, 9.8 km east.
A year in Saint-Albert at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Albert’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Albert feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 169 days, 20°C on 104
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,150 mm a year
On about 148 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 220 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 50 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Saint-Albert’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, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Saint-Albert’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Arthabaska
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Arthabaska.
| Distance from the town | 9.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 140 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Drummondville, 34 km |
How Saint-Albert 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Albert’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Albert has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–26 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Albert Arthabaska | 25.1°C | −15.3°C | 1,150 mm |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil 21 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C 0.9°C warmer | −14.2°C 1.1°C milder | 1,070 mm |
| Danville 25 km · Richmond | 25.6°C 0.5°C warmer | −15.0°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
| Saint-Wenceslas 25 km · Nicolet | 25.7°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.4°C 1.1°C colder | 948 mm |
Saint-Albert 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 | −5.8°C | −15.3°C | −10.8°C | 76 mm | 48 cm |
| February | −4.2°C | −13.8°C | −8.9°C | 67 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 1.5°C | −8.2°C | −3.5°C | 73 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −0.5°C | 4.8°C | 84 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 6.4°C | 12.2°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.9°C | 11.5°C | 17.2°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.3°C | 19.4°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.6°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.7°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 3.3°C | 7.8°C | 115 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −2.9°C | 1.2°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −10.0°C | −6.1°C | 90 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.5°C | 1,150 mm | 220 cm |
January: −39.0°C at its coldest, 16.0°C at its warmest
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.3°C around its normal of −10.8°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Saint-Albert’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Arthabaska, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Albert’s climate
How warm does Saint-Albert get in summer?
Afternoons average 25.1°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Saint-Albert get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Albert get?
Around 1,150 mm a year in all, from 131 mm in July down to 67 mm in February.
Are these figures for Saint-Albert itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Arthabaska, outside Saint-Albert.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Albert →
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).