Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Saint-Benjamin has colder winter nights than 80% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.3°C. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 78% of Canadian towns. Frost comes on about 185 days a year, so leave time to clear the car.
These are not Saint-Benjamin’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St Georges, 13 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Benjamin at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Benjamin’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Benjamin feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
185 frost days and 107 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 31 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,054 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 137 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 202 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 53 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Benjamin
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Benjamin’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 28 May to about 19 September, some 113 days in a normal year.
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 →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Saint-Benjamin’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Georges
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for St Georges.
| Distance from the town | 13 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 168 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Camille, 39 km |
How Saint-Benjamin compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Benjamin’s own would show the same figures). No closer places have figures: these lie 18–29 km from Saint-Benjamin.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benjamin St Georges | 25.3°C | −16.7°C | 1,054 mm |
| Lac-Etchemin 18 km · St Camille | 23.5°C 1.8°C cooler | −17.5°C 0.8°C colder | 1,284 mm |
| Saints-Anges 26 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
Saint-Benjamin 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 | −5.8°C | −16.7°C | −11.4°C | 67 mm | 46 cm |
| February | −3.7°C | −16.3°C | −10.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −9.8°C | −4.0°C | 57 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −1.9°C | 4.1°C | 89 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.5°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 10.1°C | 16.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 11.9°C | 18.2°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.8°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 1.8°C | 7.1°C | 107 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −3.8°C | 0.5°C | 73 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −2.4°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 81 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −0.9°C | 4.9°C | 1,054 mm | 202 cm |
March has run from −33.0°C to 25.0°C in thirty years
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.1°C around its normal of −11.4°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Saint-Benjamin’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, St Georges: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
- 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 (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Benjamin’s climate
How warm does Saint-Benjamin get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.3°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Saint-Benjamin get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −16.7°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Benjamin get?
The yearly total is about 1,054 mm. July gets 128 mm, the most of any month; February gets 52 mm, the least.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 117 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Saint-Benjamin itself?
They are borrowed from St Georges, the nearest place to Saint-Benjamin where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Benjamin →
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).