Photo: Richard Mc Neil · CC BY 3.0More rain and snow fall on Saint-Eugène than on 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −14.2°C. Expect the most rain and snow in July and the least in February. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 61% of Canadian towns. About 136 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
Saint-Eugène has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Drummondville, 18 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Eugène at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Eugène’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Eugène feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 153 frosts and 114 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 229 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 60 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Eugène
93% 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.
Living with Saint-Eugène’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Saint-Eugène’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummondville
Drummondville is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 18 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 82 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Fleury, 26 km |
How Saint-Eugène compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Eugène’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Eugène Drummondville | 26.0°C | −14.2°C | 1,070 mm |
| Sainte-Hélène-de-Bagot 7.7 km · Fleury | 26.0°C about the same | −14.8°C 0.6°C colder | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-Germain-de-Grantham 9.2 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 1,070 mm |
Saint-Eugène 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 | −5.2°C | −14.2°C | −9.7°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −12.8°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −7.2°C | −2.4°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | 0.9°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.6°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 16.2°C | 21.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 15.2°C | 20.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.9°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.7°C | 9.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.9°C | −1.5°C | 2.2°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −8.8°C | −5.2°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
The most changeable month: January, give or take 3.2°C; the steadiest, June
The thirty-year records stretch furthest in March: a low of −31.0°C in 2007 and a high of 25.0°C in 2012.
Where Saint-Eugène’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Drummondville, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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-Eugène’s climate
How warm does Saint-Eugène get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.0°C on a typical day.
How cold does Saint-Eugène get in winter?
A typical January night falls to −14.2°C, the year’s low point.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Eugène get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,070 mm a year; July leads with 109 mm and February trails with 66 mm.
Are these figures for Saint-Eugène itself?
No, the station behind them is Drummondville, beyond Saint-Eugène’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Eugène →
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).