Photo: Normand Lemieux · CC BY-SA 4.0The climate in Saint-Claude sits close to the middle of Canadian towns
About 1,015 mm of rain and snow falls in a typical year; July afternoons reach 25.6°C and January nights drop to −15.0°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Winter and summer sit 41°C apart. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
Saint-Claude has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Richmond, 16 km west.
A year in Saint-Claude at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Claude’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Claude feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 114
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 23 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,015 mm a year
The most falls in August, the least in February. Some 147 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s Richmond normals leave precipitation out; the figures here come from Lennoxville, 27 km away.
269 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 65 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Claude
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Behind the figure: the degrees each day’s mean falls under 18°C, summed for the year.
Living with Saint-Claude’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 →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Saint-Claude’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Richmond
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Richmond.
| Distance from the town | 16 km west |
| Station altitude | 123 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lennoxville, 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.4°C |
| Next-nearest location | Sherbrooke, 26 km |
How Saint-Claude 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Claude’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Claude has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–27 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Claude Richmond | 25.6°C | −15.0°C | 1,015 mm |
| Stoke 16 km · Sherbrooke | 25.3°C about the same | −16.5°C 1.5°C colder | 1,015 mm |
| Sherbrooke 23 km · Lennoxville | 25.7°C about the same | −14.9°C about the same | 1,015 mm |
Saint-Claude weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.7°C | −15.0°C | −10.0°C | 76 mm | 59 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −14.3°C | −8.6°C | 66 mm | 58 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −8.3°C | −2.9°C | 68 mm | 53 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | −0.7°C | 5.1°C | 82 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 18.8°C | 6.0°C | 12.4°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 23.4°C | 11.3°C | 17.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.6°C | 14.1°C | 19.5°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.1°C | 18.9°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.4°C | 8.8°C | 14.6°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.9°C | 3.0°C | 8.0°C | 91 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.7°C | −2.9°C | 1.6°C | 70 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −1.3°C | −9.8°C | −5.7°C | 75 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.4°C | 5.9°C | 1,015 mm | 269 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.3°C; the steadiest, June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in February: a low of −42.0°C in 1993 and a high of 17.2°C in 2018.
Where Saint-Claude’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, Richmond, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- 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-Claude’s climate
How warm does Saint-Claude get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.6°C.
How cold does Saint-Claude get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −15.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Claude get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,015 mm a year; August leads with 104 mm and February trails with 66 mm.
Are these figures for Saint-Claude itself?
They describe Richmond, the nearest normals location, rather than Saint-Claude itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Claude →
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).