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Climate in Saint-Alexandre · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Saint-Alexandre is wetter than 91% of Canadian towns: 1,226 mm of rain and snow a year

January nights here settle around −13.6°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 21–27°C.

July afternoons: warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 56% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 91% of Canadian towns

These are not Saint-Alexandre’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses L'Acadie, 19 km west.

July high

26.6°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−13.6°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,226 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

262 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

149

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Saint-Alexandre at a glance

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

Jan−4°C−14°CColdest nightsSnowiest

Feb−3°C−13°C

Mar3°C−7°C

Apr11°C1°C

May20°C8°C

Jun24°C13°C

Jul27°C16°CWarmestWettest

Aug25°C14°C

Sep21°C10°C

Oct14°C4°C

Nov now6°C−2°C

Dec−1°C−9°C

What stands out about Saint-Alexandre’s climate

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

Wetter than 91% of Canadian townsAbout 1,226 mm of rain and melted snow a year; July is the wettest month and February the driest.Snowier than 88% of Canadian townsAbout 262 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in January.

A normal year

What a year in Saint-Alexandre feels like

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

Winter

−3°C / −12°C

267 mm, with 170 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / 1°C

290 mm, with 66 cm of snow

Summer

25°C / 14°C

355 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

14°C / 4°C

314 mm, with 26 cm of snow

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11°C1°C

20°C8°C

24°C13°C

27°C16°C

25°C14°C

21°C10°C

14°C4°C

6°C−2°C

−1°C−9°C

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

Frost & warm days

Frost on 149 days, 20°C on 124

Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. On about 15 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.

149

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

Fewer frosts than 58% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

124

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°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

About 1,226 mm of rain and snow a year

On about 145 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.

1,226 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 91% of Canadian towns

963 mm

Of it as rain alone (79%)

122 mm

July, the wettest month

74 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

122 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

122 mm

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ECCC’s L'Acadie normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Granby here, 35 km away.

Snow

About 262 cm of snow a year

Expect snow from October to April, with about 59 cm in January, the snowiest month.

262 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 88% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

59 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Saint-Alexandre

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

4,304 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,197 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Each day the mean sits under 18°C adds its shortfall; a year’s total is its heating degree days.

Living here

Living with Saint-Alexandre’s climate

The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.

Get outside

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

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

About 36 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.

Humidex

Plan shade and water for about 50 days a year above 30 on the humidex.

Storms and extremes

For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Saint-Alexandre’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: L'Acadie

Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for L'Acadie.

Distance from the town	19 km west
Station altitude	44 m
Completeness	at least 20 years
WMO standard normals	No
Precipitation from	Granby, 35 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−32.5°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.1°C
Average wind	11.4 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest location	Frelighsburg, 31 km

Compared with other towns

How Saint-Alexandre 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 afternoons26.6°C

Saint-AlexandreMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights−13.6°C

Saint-AlexandreMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 56% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,226 mm

Saint-AlexandreMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 91% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year262 cm

Saint-AlexandreMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 88% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Alexandre’s own would show the same figures).

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Saint-Alexandre L'Acadie	26.6°C	−13.6°C	1,226 mm
Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois 8.6 km · L'Acadie	26.6°C about the same	−13.6°C about the same	1,226 mm
Sainte-Sabine 8.9 km · Frelighsburg	25.6°C 1.0°C cooler	−12.9°C 0.7°C milder	1,226 mm
Farnham 13 km · Granby	25.6°C 1.0°C cooler	−13.4°C about the same	1,226 mm

Month by month

Saint-Alexandre weather by month

Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.

Month	High	Low	Mean	Rain & snow	Snow
January	−4.3°C	−13.6°C	−9.0°C	95 mm	59 cm
February	−2.9°C	−12.7°C	−7.8°C	74 mm	58 cm
March	2.6°C	−6.7°C	−2.1°C	88 mm	48 cm
April	11.1°C	0.7°C	5.9°C	101 mm	17 cm
May	19.5°C	7.8°C	13.7°C	100 mm	1 cm
June	24.2°C	13.2°C	18.7°C	121 mm	0 cm
July	26.6°C	15.5°C	21.1°C	122 mm	0 cm
August	25.3°C	13.9°C	19.6°C	113 mm	0 cm
September	21.4°C	9.7°C	15.6°C	113 mm	0 cm
October	13.6°C	4.1°C	8.9°C	109 mm	4 cm
November	6.1°C	−1.7°C	2.2°C	92 mm	22 cm
December	−0.7°C	−8.6°C	−4.7°C	98 mm	54 cm
Year	11.9°C	1.8°C	6.8°C	1,226 mm	262 cm

Year to year

From year to year, January moves by 2.9°C, more than any month, and August least

Over 1991–2020, March saw both −28.7°C (2003) and 25.4°C (2012), the widest span of any month.

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Sources

Where Saint-Alexandre’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: ECCC’s normals for L'Acadie, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
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, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.

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

Questions about Saint-Alexandre’s climate

How warm does Saint-Alexandre get in summer?

Afternoons average 26.6°C in July, the warmest time of year.

How cold does Saint-Alexandre get in winter?

In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −13.6°C.

How much rain and snow does Saint-Alexandre get?

July is the wettest month at 122 mm and February the driest at 74 mm, for 1,226 mm over the year.

Are these figures for Saint-Alexandre itself?

The figures are ECCC’s for L'Acadie; Saint-Alexandre has no normals station.

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

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).