Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Saint-Bernard tops that of 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm a year
January mornings start at about −16.5°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to September brings highs of 20–25°C.
Saint-Bernard has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Scott, 4.8 km east.
A year in Saint-Bernard at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Bernard’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Bernard feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 181 days, 20°C on 100
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 27 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,182 mm a year
About 158 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 75 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Bernard
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. By this count, homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Bernard’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 130 days, roughly 18 May to 27 September.
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 →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Saint-Bernard’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Scott.
| Distance from the town | 4.8 km east |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Beauséjour, 19 km |
How Saint-Bernard compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Bernard’s would only repeat its figures. Saint-Bernard has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 11–29 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bernard Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 11 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| Lévis 29 km · Ste-Foy (U. Laval) | 25.1°C about the same | −15.6°C 0.9°C milder | 1,299 mm |
Saint-Bernard 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 | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
In January, anything from −42.0°C to 15.0°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −11.9°C), August the one that wanders least (±1.0°C).
Where Saint-Bernard’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Scott, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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-Bernard’s climate
How warm does Saint-Bernard get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Bernard get in winter?
Overnight lows average −16.5°C in January, the coldest month.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Bernard get?
1,182 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (126 mm); the driest, February (75 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Bernard itself?
Not quite: they come from Scott, the closest ECCC normals location to Saint-Bernard.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Bernard →
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).