Climate in Saint-Amable · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Saint-Amable is wetter than 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year

High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.6°C. The seasons are far apart: from a winter night to a summer afternoon the average spans 43°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 75% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 161 days a year at 0°C or below.

July afternoons: warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 75% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

Saint-Amable has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from L'Assomption, 21 km north-west.

July high

26.6°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−16.0°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,109 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

202 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

161

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Saint-Amable at a glance

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

Jan−6°C−16°CColdest nights

Feb−4°C−15°C

Mar2°C−8°C

Apr11°C0°C

May19°C7°C

Jun24°C12°C

Jul27°C15°CWarmest

Aug26°C14°CWettest

Sep21°C9°C

Oct13°C3°C

Nov now5°C−3°C

Dec−2°C−10°CSnowiest

What stands out about Saint-Amable’s climate

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

A wider year than 82% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 42.6°C.Wetter than 82% of Canadian townsAbout 1,109 mm of rain and melted snow a year; August is the wettest month and February the driest.Colder than 75% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average −16.0°C, the coldest of the year.

A normal year

What a year in Saint-Amable feels like

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

Winter

−4°C / −14°C

227 mm, with 137 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / 0°C

265 mm, with 52 cm of snow

Summer

25°C / 14°C

322 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

13°C / 3°C

295 mm, with 14 cm of snow

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2°C−8°C

11°C0°C

19°C7°C

24°C12°C

27°C15°C

26°C14°C

21°C9°C

13°C3°C

5°C−3°C

−2°C−10°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Frost & warm days

Frost on 161 days, 20°C on 119

Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 24 nights a year drop under −20°C.

161

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than 52% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

119

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

1,109 mm of precipitation in a typical year

August brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 145 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.

1,109 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

899 mm

Of it as rain alone (81%)

114 mm

August, the wettest month

61 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

114 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

114 mm

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Precipitation and snowfall: Fleury, 29 km away (L'Assomption records no complete year of either).

Snow

202 cm of snow in a typical year

Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 49 cm).

202 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 72% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

49 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Saint-Amable

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

4,592 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,093 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.

Living here

Living with Saint-Amable’s climate

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

Get outside

The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Wind chill falls below −20 on about 44 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.

Humidex

On some 49 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.

Storms and extremes

Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Saint-Amable’s hazards page covers the risks.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: L'Assomption

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

Distance from the town	21 km north-west
Station altitude	21 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Precipitation from	Fleury, 29 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−40.0°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.2°C
Average wind	10.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west
Next-nearest location	Fleury, 29 km

Compared with other towns

How Saint-Amable compares

Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.

July afternoons26.6°C

Saint-AmableMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights−16.0°C

Saint-AmableMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 75% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,109 mm

Saint-AmableMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year202 cm

Saint-AmableMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 72% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Amable’s would only repeat its figures.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Saint-Amable L'Assomption	26.6°C	−16.0°C	1,109 mm
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 6.6 km · L'Assomption	26.6°C about the same	−16.0°C about the same	1,109 mm
Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu 8.4 km · Fleury	26.0°C 0.6°C cooler	−14.8°C 1.2°C milder	1,109 mm

Month by month

Saint-Amable 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	−5.9°C	−16.0°C	−10.9°C	81 mm	45 cm
February	−4.0°C	−14.8°C	−9.4°C	61 mm	43 cm
March	1.8°C	−8.3°C	−3.2°C	71 mm	38 cm
April	10.8°C	0.1°C	5.5°C	96 mm	13 cm
May	19.2°C	7.2°C	13.2°C	98 mm	under 1 cm
June	24.3°C	12.4°C	18.4°C	102 mm	0 cm
July	26.6°C	14.8°C	20.7°C	106 mm	0 cm
August	25.5°C	13.7°C	19.6°C	114 mm	0 cm
September	21.1°C	9.2°C	15.2°C	97 mm	0 cm
October	13.0°C	3.2°C	8.1°C	108 mm	2 cm
November	5.4°C	−2.7°C	1.3°C	90 mm	12 cm
December	−1.9°C	−10.2°C	−6.1°C	85 mm	49 cm
Year	11.3°C	0.7°C	6.0°C	1,109 mm	202 cm

Year to year

A March here can run from −29.5°C to 26.0°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 (±3.1°C around −10.9°C), June the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Saint-Amable’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, L'Assomption: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
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-Amable’s climate

How warm does Saint-Amable get in summer?

At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.6°C.

How cold does Saint-Amable get in winter?

A typical January night falls to −16.0°C, the year’s low point.

How much rain and snow does Saint-Amable get?

A normal year brings 1,109 mm, snow included as water: August is wettest at 114 mm, February driest at 61 mm.

Are these figures for Saint-Amable itself?

They are the closest available: the normals for L'Assomption, since Saint-Amable has none.

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

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).