Climate in Saint-Charles-Borromée · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Charles-Borromée than on 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm a year

January nights here settle around −16.0°C. August is the wettest month, February the driest. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 75% of Canadian towns. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 21–27°C.

July afternoons: warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 75% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

The nearest ECCC normals location to Saint-Charles-Borromée is L'Assomption, 27 km south, and every figure on this page is its.

July high

26.6°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−16.0°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,109 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

202 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

161

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Saint-Charles-Borromée at a glance

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

Jan−6°C−16°CColdest nights

Feb−4°C−15°C

Mar2°C−8°C

Apr11°C0°C

May19°C7°C

Jun24°C12°C

Jul27°C15°CWarmest

Aug26°C14°CWettest

Sep21°C9°C

Oct13°C3°C

Nov now5°C−3°C

Dec−2°C−10°CSnowiest

What stands out about Saint-Charles-Borromée’s climate

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

A wider year than 82% of Canadian townsFrom January nights to July afternoons, the year spans 42.6°C.Wetter than 82% of Canadian townsAbout 1,109 mm of rain and melted snow a year; August is the wettest month and February the driest.Colder than 75% of Canadian townsJanuary nights average −16.0°C, the coldest of the year.

A normal year

What a year in Saint-Charles-Borromée feels like

Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Winter

−4°C / −14°C

227 mm, with 137 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / 0°C

265 mm, with 52 cm of snow

Summer

25°C / 14°C

322 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

13°C / 3°C

295 mm, with 14 cm of snow

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11°C0°C

19°C7°C

24°C12°C

27°C15°C

26°C14°C

21°C9°C

13°C3°C

5°C−3°C

−2°C−10°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

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

Frost & warm days

161 frost days and 119 days above 20°C a year

The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 nights a year.

161

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

More frosts than 52% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

119

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

1,109 mm of precipitation in a typical year

About 145 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

1,109 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

899 mm

Of it as rain alone (81%)

114 mm

August, the wettest month

61 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

114 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

114 mm

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Precipitation and snowfall: Fleury, 45 km away (L'Assomption records no complete year of either).

Snow

202 cm of snow in a typical year

The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 49 cm.

202 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 72% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

49 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Saint-Charles-Borromée

93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

4,592 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,093 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.

Living here

Living with Saint-Charles-Borromée’s climate

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

Get outside

Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 44 days a year.

Humidex

Summer brings about 49 days when the humidex passes 30.

Storms and extremes

Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Saint-Charles-Borromée’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: L'Assomption

The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for L'Assomption, one of its 450 normals locations.

Distance from the town	27 km south
Station altitude	21 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Precipitation from	Fleury, 45 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−40.0°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.2°C
Average wind	10.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west
Next-nearest location	Fleury, 45 km

Compared with other towns

How Saint-Charles-Borromée 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 afternoons26.6°C

Saint-Charles-BorroméeMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights−16.0°C

Saint-Charles-BorroméeMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 75% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,109 mm

Saint-Charles-BorroméeMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year202 cm

Saint-Charles-BorroméeMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 72% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Charles-Borromée’s own would show the same figures). The nearest place to Saint-Charles-Borromée with figures is 22 km away.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Saint-Charles-Borromée L'Assomption	26.6°C	−16.0°C	1,109 mm
Berthierville 22 km · Fleury	26.0°C 0.6°C cooler	−14.8°C 1.2°C milder	1,109 mm

Month by month

Saint-Charles-Borromée 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	−5.9°C	−16.0°C	−10.9°C	81 mm	45 cm
February	−4.0°C	−14.8°C	−9.4°C	61 mm	43 cm
March	1.8°C	−8.3°C	−3.2°C	71 mm	38 cm
April	10.8°C	0.1°C	5.5°C	96 mm	13 cm
May	19.2°C	7.2°C	13.2°C	98 mm	under 1 cm
June	24.3°C	12.4°C	18.4°C	102 mm	0 cm
July	26.6°C	14.8°C	20.7°C	106 mm	0 cm
August	25.5°C	13.7°C	19.6°C	114 mm	0 cm
September	21.1°C	9.2°C	15.2°C	97 mm	0 cm
October	13.0°C	3.2°C	8.1°C	108 mm	2 cm
November	5.4°C	−2.7°C	1.3°C	90 mm	12 cm
December	−1.9°C	−10.2°C	−6.1°C	85 mm	49 cm
Year	11.3°C	0.7°C	6.0°C	1,109 mm	202 cm

Year to year

March has run from −29.5°C to 26.0°C in thirty years

Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −10.9°C) and June least (1.0°C).

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Sources

Where Saint-Charles-Borromée’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at L'Assomption (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
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: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
Not on this page: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Saint-Charles-Borromée’s climate

How warm does Saint-Charles-Borromée get in summer?

Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.6°C on a typical day.

How cold does Saint-Charles-Borromée get in winter?

The coldest nights come in January, averaging −16.0°C.

How much rain and snow does Saint-Charles-Borromée get?

The yearly total is about 1,109 mm. August gets 114 mm, the most of any month; February gets 61 mm, the least.

Are these figures for Saint-Charles-Borromée itself?

Not directly: Saint-Charles-Borromée has no ECCC normals of its own, and L'Assomption stands in for it.

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

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).