Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Midwinter lows in Saint-Félix-d'Otis sink below those of 89% of Canadian towns
Sunny July days climb to about 24.5°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 45°C. By July afternoons alone, it runs cooler than 67% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 143 days a year with 1 mm or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Saint-Félix-d'Otis is Bagotville, 27 km west, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Saint-Félix-d'Otis at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Félix-d'Otis’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Félix-d'Otis feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
188 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 43 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
928 mm of precipitation in a typical year
July brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
302 cm of snow in a typical year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 65 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Félix-d'Otis
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. That means homes here need more heating than 83% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Félix-d'Otis’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Plant out after about 20 May; the first frost of autumn usually arrives near 27 September, leaving roughly 128 days without frost.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul and Aug, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 76 days a year.
Summer brings about 23 days when the humidex passes 30.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Saint-Félix-d'Otis’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Bagotville
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Bagotville.
| Distance from the town | 27 km west |
| Station altitude | 159 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | Yes |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 38.4°C |
| Average wind | 14.9 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Grandes-Bergeronnes, 83 km |
How Saint-Félix-d'Otis 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-Félix-d'Otis’s would only repeat its figures. Saint-Félix-d'Otis has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 30–73 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Félix-d'Otis Bagotville | 24.5°C | −20.4°C | 928 mm |
| L'Anse-Saint-Jean 30 km · Grandes-Bergeronnes | 22.3°C 2.2°C cooler | −16.6°C 3.8°C milder | 1,124 mm |
| Saint-Aimé-des-Lacs 71 km · La Pocatière | 24.2°C about the same | −15.3°C 5.1°C milder | 906 mm |
| Saint-Siméon 73 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 2.0°C cooler | −15.5°C 4.9°C milder | 1,124 mm |
Saint-Félix-d'Otis 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 | −9.7°C | −20.4°C | −15.1°C | 58 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −7.4°C | −18.7°C | −13.1°C | 48 mm | 52 cm |
| March | −0.7°C | −11.8°C | −6.3°C | 58 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 7.4°C | −3.2°C | 2.1°C | 61 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 16.6°C | 3.7°C | 10.2°C | 78 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 9.6°C | 16.0°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 12.9°C | 18.7°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.4°C | 11.8°C | 17.6°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.2°C | 6.9°C | 12.6°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 9.9°C | 1.4°C | 5.7°C | 92 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 2.3°C | −5.4°C | −1.5°C | 66 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −5.1°C | −13.9°C | −9.5°C | 64 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 8.5°C | −2.3°C | 3.1°C | 928 mm | 302 cm |
March has run from −33.0°C to 25.2°C in thirty years
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.2°C from −15.1°C. August moves least, typically by 1.1°C.
Where Saint-Félix-d'Otis’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Bagotville (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Comparisons: a pool of Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, read alike; whole cities and reserves stay out of it.
- 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-Félix-d'Otis’s climate
How warm does Saint-Félix-d'Otis get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 24.5°C.
How cold does Saint-Félix-d'Otis get in winter?
On a normal January night the air drops to −20.4°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Félix-d'Otis get?
Measured as water, a year brings 928 mm: 112 mm in July, the wettest month, and 48 mm in February, the driest.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 156 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Saint-Félix-d'Otis itself?
No. ECCC measures normals at Bagotville, not in Saint-Félix-d'Otis; 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-Félix-d'Otis →
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