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Climate in Saint-Arsène · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Few Canadian towns have cooler summers than Saint-Arsène

Deep winter brings January lows near −15.5°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 83% of Canadian towns. Of all months, October brings the most precipitation and January the least. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 20–23°C.

July afternoons: cooler than 96% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 73% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 83% of Canadian towns

The nearest ECCC normals location to Saint-Arsène is Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 16 km south-west, and every figure on this page is its.

July high

22.5°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−15.5°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,124 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

281 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

176

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Saint-Arsène at a glance

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

Jan−7°C−16°CColdest nights

Feb−6°C−14°C

Mar−1°C−9°C

Apr6°C−2°C

May14°C4°C

Jun20°C9°C

Jul23°C13°CWarmest

Aug22°C12°C

Sep17°C8°C

Oct10°C2°CWettest

Nov now3°C−3°C

Dec−4°C−10°CSnowiest

What stands out about Saint-Arsène’s climate

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

Cooler than 96% of Canadian townsJuly afternoons average 22.5°C, the warmest of the year.Snowier than 91% of Canadian townsAbout 281 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in December.Wetter than 83% of Canadian townsAbout 1,124 mm of rain and melted snow a year; October is the wettest month and January the driest.

A normal year

What a year in Saint-Arsène feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−6°C / −13°C

217 mm, with 181 cm of snow

Spring

6°C / −2°C

268 mm, with 74 cm of snow

Summer

21°C / 11°C

326 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

10°C / 2°C

312 mm, with 27 cm of snow

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14°C4°C

20°C9°C

23°C13°C

22°C12°C

17°C8°C

10°C2°C

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−4°C−10°C

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

Frost & warm days

Frost on 176 days, 20°C on 74

From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 17 nights a year.

176

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than 61% of Canadian towns

103

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

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

Rain and melted snow: about 1,124 mm a year

About 137 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

1,124 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 83% of Canadian towns

860 mm

Of it as rain alone (77%)

124 mm

October, the wettest month

63 mm

January, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

124 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

118 mm

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Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Grandes-Bergeronnes, 37 km away.

Snow

Snowfall: about 281 cm in a normal year

Expect snow from October to May, with about 66 cm in December, the snowiest month.

281 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 91% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

66 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Saint-Arsène

88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to May.

5,236 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

1,516 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. Over a year, a home here needs more heating than 81% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Saint-Arsène’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

Get outside

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

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

On some 49 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.

Humidex

Count on some 16 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.

Storms and extremes

For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Saint-Arsène’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin

Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.

Distance from the town	16 km south-west
Station altitude	147 m
Completeness	at least 20 years
WMO standard normals	No
Precipitation from	Grandes-Bergeronnes, 37 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−31.3°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	34.2°C
Average wind	9.8 km/h on average, most often from the north
Next-nearest location	Grandes-Bergeronnes, 37 km

Compared with other towns

How Saint-Arsène 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.

July afternoons22.5°C

Saint-ArsèneMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Cooler than 96% of Canadian towns

January nights−15.5°C

Saint-ArsèneMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 73% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,124 mm

Saint-ArsèneMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 83% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year281 cm

Saint-ArsèneMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 91% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Arsène’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Arsène has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 26–49 km out.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Saint-Arsène Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin	22.5°C	−15.5°C	1,124 mm
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges 26 km · Grandes-Bergeronnes	22.3°C about the same	−16.6°C 1.1°C colder	1,124 mm
Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac 49 km · Edmundston	25.0°C 2.5°C warmer	−19.1°C 3.6°C colder	1,012 mm

Month by month

Saint-Arsène 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	−7.3°C	−15.5°C	−11.4°C	63 mm	51 cm
February	−6.1°C	−14.4°C	−10.2°C	68 mm	64 cm
March	−0.8°C	−9.0°C	−4.9°C	74 mm	52 cm
April	6.0°C	−1.9°C	2.1°C	98 mm	21 cm
May	14.2°C	4.2°C	9.3°C	96 mm	1 cm
June	19.7°C	9.4°C	14.5°C	101 mm	0 cm
July	22.5°C	12.8°C	17.7°C	113 mm	0 cm
August	21.8°C	12.2°C	17.0°C	111 mm	0 cm
September	17.2°C	7.9°C	12.5°C	110 mm	0 cm
October	9.6°C	2.2°C	5.9°C	124 mm	5 cm
November	2.8°C	−3.3°C	−0.3°C	78 mm	22 cm
December	−3.7°C	−10.4°C	−7.1°C	86 mm	66 cm
Year	8.0°C	−0.5°C	3.8°C	1,124 mm	281 cm

Year to year

From −25.8°C to 21.1°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991

Year to year, February varies most (a standard deviation of 2.8°C around −10.2°C) and August least (1.0°C).

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Saint-Arsène’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 1991–2020.
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: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
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-Arsène’s climate

How warm does Saint-Arsène get in summer?

At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 22.5°C.

How cold does Saint-Arsène get in winter?

Overnight lows average −15.5°C in January, the coldest month.

How much rain and snow does Saint-Arsène get?

October is the wettest month at 124 mm and January the driest at 63 mm, for 1,124 mm over the year.

Are these figures for Saint-Arsène itself?

They describe Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, the nearest normals location, rather than Saint-Arsène itself.

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

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).