Photo: giggel · CC BY 3.0Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré gets more frosts than 89% of Canadian towns
Expect July afternoons of about 25.3°C. Some 44°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 88% of Canadian towns. Long walks are most pleasant from June to August, when afternoons reach 23–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré has no normals station, so these come from St-Jovite, 8.2 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Frost on 196 days, 20°C on 111
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 41 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 1,178 mm a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. About 143 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s St-Jovite normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Lachute here, 54 km away.
About 218 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 56 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré
89% 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. Homes here need more heating than 80% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
The growing season between frosts lasts about 110 days, roughly 28 May to 15 September.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →The wind chill passes −20 on about 34 days in a normal year.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 35 days a year.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Jovite
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for St-Jovite.
| Distance from the town | 8.2 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 234 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lachute, 54 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.4°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 4.1 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Lachute, 54 km |
How Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré 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-Faustin--Lac-Carré’s own would show the same figures). No closer place has figures: this one lies 30 km from Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré St-Jovite | 25.3°C | −18.3°C | 1,178 mm |
| Wentworth-Nord 30 km · Lachute | 26.5°C 1.2°C warmer | −14.7°C 3.6°C milder | 1,178 mm |
Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −18.3°C | −11.9°C | 97 mm | 56 cm |
| February | −3.3°C | −17.9°C | −10.6°C | 72 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −11.3°C | −4.4°C | 74 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 10.3°C | −3.2°C | 3.5°C | 100 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 18.5°C | 3.3°C | 11.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 8.5°C | 15.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 10.9°C | 18.2°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 9.8°C | 17.2°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 5.6°C | 12.9°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 0.5°C | 6.4°C | 120 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.6°C | −5.1°C | −0.2°C | 93 mm | 17 cm |
| December | −2.5°C | −12.9°C | −7.7°C | 94 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.8°C | −2.5°C | 4.2°C | 1,178 mm | 218 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −38.3°C to 27.1°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.2°C of its normal of −11.9°C; August keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for St-Jovite, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: a location missing months of precipitation or snow is filled from the nearest that has them all, never mixed month by month.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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-Faustin--Lac-Carré’s climate
How warm does Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.3°C.
How cold does Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −18.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré get?
A normal year brings 1,178 mm, snow included as water: October is wettest at 120 mm, February driest at 72 mm.
Are these figures for Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré itself?
Not as such: St-Jovite is the nearest normals location, and Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Faustin--Lac-Carré →
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