Photo: Lamusicographe · CC BY-SA 3.0January in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce bites harder than in 80% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 25.3°C. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 42°C. It is a wet place: more rain and snow fall here than on 78% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce is St Georges, 22 km north-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
185 frost days and 107 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 31 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,054 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February. Some 137 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 202 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to April, with about 53 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Every day colder than 18°C on average adds its gap in degrees to the year’s heating total. A house here needs more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
A normal year gives the garden about 113 frost-free days, roughly 28 May to 19 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Georges
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for St Georges.
| Distance from the town | 22 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 168 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Thetford Mines, 31 km |
How Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce 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-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 12–27 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce St Georges | 25.3°C | −16.7°C | 1,054 mm |
| Adstock 12 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.8°C cooler | −16.1°C 0.6°C milder | 1,324 mm |
| Tring-Jonction 23 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce 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 | −5.8°C | −16.7°C | −11.4°C | 67 mm | 46 cm |
| February | −3.7°C | −16.3°C | −10.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −9.8°C | −4.0°C | 57 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −1.9°C | 4.1°C | 89 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.5°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 10.1°C | 16.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 11.9°C | 18.2°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.8°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 1.8°C | 7.1°C | 107 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −3.8°C | 0.5°C | 73 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −2.4°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 81 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −0.9°C | 4.9°C | 1,054 mm | 202 cm |
March has run from −33.0°C to 25.0°C in thirty years
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −11.4°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for St Georges, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce’s climate
How warm does Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.3°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce get?
July is the wettest month at 128 mm and February the driest at 52 mm, for 1,054 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 117 days a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at St Georges, not in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce; the page uses the nearest it has.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce →
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).