Photo: Gath · CC BY-SA 3.0Snowy winters: about 274 cm a year in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, more than in 90% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.1°C on average. Winter and summer sit 39°C apart. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 80% of Canadian towns. Heating does most of its work from October to April, in months below 10°C on average.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Élie-de-Caxton has no normals station, so these come from Trois-Rivières, 36 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Élie-de-Caxton’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 145 frosts and 104 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to April, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 15 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 1,101 mm a year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 132 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 274 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year.
Living with Saint-Élie-de-Caxton’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Roughly 42 days a year feel colder than −20 in the wind.
The humidex tops 30 on about 37 days a year: muggy days to plan around.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Saint-Élie-de-Caxton’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trois-Rivières
ECCC builds the Trois-Rivières normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 36 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.4 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Nicolet, 40 km |
How Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 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-Élie-de-Caxton whose figures come from another normals location. No closer place has figures: this one lies 21 km from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Élie-de-Caxton Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C | −14.1°C | 1,101 mm |
| Sainte-Ursule 21 km · Nicolet | 25.7°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.4°C 2.3°C colder | 948 mm |
Saint-Élie-de-Caxton 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 | −5.6°C | −14.1°C | −9.9°C | 83 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −3.9°C | −13.1°C | −8.5°C | 66 mm | 53 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −7.3°C | −3.1°C | 76 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | 0.3°C | 4.6°C | 87 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.6°C | 83 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 13.6°C | 18.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 16.7°C | 20.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 15.6°C | 19.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 5.1°C | 8.5°C | 101 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −1.3°C | 1.8°C | 88 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −8.6°C | −5.3°C | 95 mm | 69 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.2°C | 1,101 mm | 274 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 2.8°C of normal, against the steadier June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than January, between −32.3°C (2009) and 12.0°C (1996).
Where Saint-Élie-de-Caxton’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Trois-Rivières, its nearest location with complete 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Élie-de-Caxton’s climate
How warm does Saint-Élie-de-Caxton get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Élie-de-Caxton get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Élie-de-Caxton get?
About 1,101 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. July is the wettest month (125 mm) and February the driest (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Élie-de-Caxton itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Trois-Rivières, outside Saint-Élie-de-Caxton.
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