Photo: Mathieu Côté · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard gets more snow than 90% of Canadian towns: about 279 cm a year
On a normal January night the air cools to about −14.6°C. Expect the most rain and snow in October and the least in March. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 80% of Canadian towns. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
No ECCC station in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Rimouski, 6.3 km west, instead.
A year in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
965 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 131 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 279 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 66 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Rimouski
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Rimouski, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 6.3 km west |
| Station altitude | 36 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Mont-Joli, 23 km |
How Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard Rimouski | 23.5°C | −14.6°C | 965 mm |
| Rimouski 7.3 km · Rimouski | 23.5°C about the same | −14.6°C about the same | 965 mm |
| Sainte-Luce 12 km · Mont-Joli | 22.9°C 0.6°C cooler | −15.4°C 0.8°C colder | 932 mm |
Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.1°C | −14.6°C | −11.0°C | 71 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −5.7°C | −13.6°C | −9.6°C | 66 mm | 59 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −7.8°C | −3.9°C | 64 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 7.3°C | −0.9°C | 3.2°C | 73 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 15.1°C | 5.2°C | 10.2°C | 82 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 20.8°C | 10.7°C | 15.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.5°C | 13.7°C | 18.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.5°C | 13.1°C | 17.8°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 17.7°C | 9.1°C | 13.4°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 10.3°C | 3.6°C | 7.0°C | 96 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 3.7°C | −1.8°C | 0.9°C | 78 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −9.0°C | −5.8°C | 90 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 8.8°C | 0.6°C | 4.7°C | 965 mm | 279 cm |
March has run from −25.5°C to 24.0°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is February: one year in three its average strays more than 2.8°C from −9.6°C. July moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Rimouski, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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-Anaclet-de-Lessard’s climate
How warm does Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 23.5°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard get in winter?
Expect nights around −14.6°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard get?
October is the wettest month at 96 mm and March the driest at 64 mm, for 965 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 138 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard itself?
Not exactly. Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard lacks a normals station, so Rimouski supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard →
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