More rain and snow fall on Saint-Elzéar than on 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. Some 42°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. About 158 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
These are not Saint-Elzéar’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Scott, 11 km north.
A year in Saint-Elzéar at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Elzéar’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Elzéar feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
181 frost days and 100 days above 20°C a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 27 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 1,182 mm a year
The most falls in July, the least in February.
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-Elzéar
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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Elzéar’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Frost usually lets go around 18 May and returns near 27 September, about 130 days apart.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →A typical year is calm by definition; Saint-Elzéar’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Scott is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 11 km north |
| 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, 31 km |
How Saint-Elzéar 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-Elzéar’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 18–30 km from Saint-Elzéar.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Elzéar Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 18 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
| East Broughton 20 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C about the same | 1,324 mm |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 23 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
Saint-Elzéar 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 |
January varies most from one year to the next (3.1°C), August least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than January, between −42.0°C (1994) and 15.0°C (1995).
Where Saint-Elzéar’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Scott from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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-Elzéar’s climate
How warm does Saint-Elzéar get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.1°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Saint-Elzéar get in winter?
January nights average −16.5°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Elzéar get?
The yearly total is about 1,182 mm. July gets 126 mm, the most of any month; February gets 75 mm, the least.
Are these figures for Saint-Elzéar itself?
No: Saint-Elzéar has no normals location, so the figures come from Scott, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Elzéar →
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).