January in Saint-Esprit bites harder than in 75% of Canadian towns
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 26.6°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 74% of Canadian towns. Some 43°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Windshields need scraping on about 161 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Saint-Esprit is L'Assomption, 21 km south-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Saint-Esprit at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Esprit’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Esprit feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
161 frost days and 119 days above 20°C a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 24 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,041 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in October, the least in February. About 122 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s L'Assomption normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Montréal Trudeau (Airport) here, 48 km away.
217 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in January (about 52 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Saint-Esprit
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C.
Living with Saint-Esprit’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 44 days a year.
Count on some 49 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Saint-Esprit’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: L'Assomption
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for L'Assomption.
| Distance from the town | 21 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 21 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 48 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.2°C |
| Average wind | 10.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 48 km |
How Saint-Esprit 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-Esprit whose figures come from another normals location. Distances here run 23–29 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Saint-Esprit.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Esprit L'Assomption | 26.6°C | −16.0°C | 1,041 mm |
| Sainte-Sophie 23 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 1.3°C milder | 1,178 mm |
| Bois-des-Filion 26 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 2.5°C milder | 1,041 mm |
Saint-Esprit weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.9°C | −16.0°C | −10.9°C | 86 mm | 52 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −14.8°C | −9.4°C | 66 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −8.3°C | −3.2°C | 77 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | 0.1°C | 5.5°C | 90 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 7.2°C | 13.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 12.4°C | 18.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 14.8°C | 20.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.2°C | 15.2°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.4°C | −2.7°C | 1.3°C | 84 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −10.2°C | −6.1°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.7°C | 6.0°C | 1,041 mm | 217 cm |
March has run from −29.5°C to 26.0°C in thirty years
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 3.1°C around −10.9°C) and June least (1.0°C).
Where Saint-Esprit’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, L'Assomption, 1991–2020.
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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-Esprit’s climate
How warm does Saint-Esprit get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.6°C.
How cold does Saint-Esprit get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Esprit get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,041 mm of water a year; October brings the most (103 mm), February the least (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Esprit itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at L'Assomption, outside Saint-Esprit.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Esprit →
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).