Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSnowy winters: about 274 cm a year in Saint-Barnabé, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.1°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 39°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 80% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 145 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Saint-Barnabé has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Trois-Rivières, 25 km east.
A year in Saint-Barnabé at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Barnabé’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Barnabé feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 145 days, 20°C on 104
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 15 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,101 mm of rain and snow a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. Some 132 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 274 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 69 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Barnabé
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total.
Living with Saint-Barnabé’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
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 →On some 42 days a year the wind chill drops past −20; mitts and a scarf earn their place.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 37 days a year.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Saint-Barnabé’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trois-Rivières
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for Trois-Rivières are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 25 km east |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.4 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Nicolet, 26 km |
How Saint-Barnabé 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-Barnabé whose figures come from another normals location. Saint-Barnabé has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 10 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barnabé Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C | −14.1°C | 1,101 mm |
| Yamachiche 10 km · Nicolet | 25.7°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.4°C 2.3°C colder | 948 mm |
Saint-Barnabé weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6°C | −14.1°C | −9.9°C | 83 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −3.9°C | −13.1°C | −8.5°C | 66 mm | 53 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −7.3°C | −3.1°C | 76 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | 0.3°C | 4.6°C | 87 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.6°C | 83 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 13.6°C | 18.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 16.7°C | 20.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 15.6°C | 19.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 5.1°C | 8.5°C | 101 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −1.3°C | 1.8°C | 88 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −8.6°C | −5.3°C | 95 mm | 69 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.2°C | 1,101 mm | 274 cm |
January strays furthest from its normal year to year, by 2.8°C; June the least
January has the widest record range, −32.3°C in 2009 to 12.0°C in 1996; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Saint-Barnabé’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Trois-Rivières, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Barnabé’s climate
How warm does Saint-Barnabé get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.1°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Saint-Barnabé get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −14.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Barnabé get?
Precipitation totals 1,101 mm a year, with July the wettest month (125 mm) and February the driest (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Barnabé itself?
No: Saint-Barnabé has no normals location, so the figures come from Trois-Rivières, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Barnabé →
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).