Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0Wet weather: 1,299 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Anselme, more than on 93% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.5°C on average. Its January nights bite harder than in 80% of Canadian towns. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 42°C. About 154 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
No ECCC station in Saint-Anselme has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Beauséjour, 16 km west, instead.
A year in Saint-Anselme at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Anselme’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Anselme feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 179 frosts and 102 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 28 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,299 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in July, the least in February. 10th wettest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
331 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 89 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Anselme
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Anselme’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Count on about 125 frost-free days: the last frost averages 22 May, the first 25 September.
The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Saint-Anselme’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Beauséjour
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Beauséjour, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 16 km west |
| Station altitude | 107 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −37.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Scott, 17 km |
How Saint-Anselme 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Anselme’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Anselme Beauséjour | 25.5°C | −16.8°C | 1,299 mm |
| Sainte-Hénédine 7.4 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Henri 11 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| Saint-Gervais 11 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C 0.8°C milder | 1,216 mm |
Saint-Anselme weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −7.0°C | −16.8°C | −11.9°C | 93 mm | 71 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −15.5°C | −9.9°C | 87 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −9.4°C | −4.2°C | 90 mm | 55 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | −1.6°C | 3.7°C | 101 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 18.0°C | 5.1°C | 11.5°C | 102 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.1°C | 10.4°C | 16.8°C | 127 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.5°C | 13.5°C | 19.4°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 12.4°C | 18.4°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.5°C | 8.0°C | 13.8°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.5°C | 2.2°C | 7.0°C | 118 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −3.6°C | 0.5°C | 97 mm | 25 cm |
| December | −3.3°C | −11.2°C | −7.2°C | 123 mm | 89 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.6°C | 4.8°C | 1,299 mm | 331 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.9°C; August the least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −30.5°C (1995) to 22.0°C (2012).
Where Saint-Anselme’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Beauséjour, 1991–2020.
- 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, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Anselme’s climate
How warm does Saint-Anselme get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.5°C.
How cold does Saint-Anselme get in winter?
Expect nights around −16.8°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Anselme get?
Around 1,299 mm a year in all, from 133 mm in July down to 87 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
There is 1 cm of snow or more on the ground on roughly 145 days a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Anselme itself?
The figures are ECCC’s for Beauséjour; Saint-Anselme has no normals station.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Anselme →
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).