Photo: Malimage · CC BY-SA 3.0Wet weather: 1,150 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska, more than on 84% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −15.3°C on average. Its January nights bite harder than in 72% of Canadian towns. Of all months, July brings the most precipitation and February the least. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 148 days a year with 1 mm or more.
Measured at Arthabaska, 1.9 km west: ECCC’s normals for 1991–2020.
A year in Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
169 frost days and 104 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 22 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,150 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 220 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 50 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Arthabaska
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Arthabaska.
| Distance from the town | 1.9 km west |
| Station altitude | 140 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Thetford Mines, 45 km |
How Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska 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
Places around Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 26–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska Arthabaska | 25.1°C | −15.3°C | 1,150 mm |
| Danville 26 km · Richmond | 25.6°C 0.5°C warmer | −15.0°C about the same | 1,150 mm |
| Saint-Ferdinand 29 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C 0.8°C colder | 1,324 mm |
| Saint-Louis-de-Blandford 29 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C 1.6°C colder | 1,138 mm |
Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8°C | −15.3°C | −10.8°C | 76 mm | 48 cm |
| February | −4.2°C | −13.8°C | −8.9°C | 67 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 1.5°C | −8.2°C | −3.5°C | 73 mm | 39 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −0.5°C | 4.8°C | 84 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.1°C | 6.4°C | 12.2°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 22.9°C | 11.5°C | 17.2°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.3°C | 19.4°C | 131 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.6°C | 108 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.7°C | 9.0°C | 14.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 3.3°C | 7.8°C | 115 mm | 3 cm |
| November | 5.0°C | −2.9°C | 1.2°C | 82 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −10.0°C | −6.1°C | 90 mm | 50 cm |
| Year | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.5°C | 1,150 mm | 220 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.3°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. January spans the most, from −39.0°C (2004) to 16.0°C (1996).
Where Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Arthabaska, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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-Christophe-d'Arthabaska’s climate
How warm does Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska get in winter?
January nights average −15.3°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,150 mm: 131 mm in July, the wettest month, and 67 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska itself?
Yes, measured at Arthabaska, which sits inside Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska →
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).