Photo: Cantons-de-l'Est · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Saint-Frédéric tops that of 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm a year
January mornings start at about −16.5°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 78% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Picnics, hikes and garden evenings come into their own from June to September, with highs of 20–25°C.
Saint-Frédéric has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from Scott, 23 km north.
A year in Saint-Frédéric at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Frédéric’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Frédéric feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
181 frost days and 100 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 27 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,182 mm a year
Some 158 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 75 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-Frédéric
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Frédéric’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The frost-free stretch runs from about 18 May to about 27 September, some 130 days in a normal year.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Saint-Frédéric’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Scott is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 23 km north |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Georges, 27 km |
How Saint-Frédéric compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Frédéric’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Frédéric Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Tring-Jonction 5.3 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 8.3 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
| East Broughton 13 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C about the same | 1,324 mm |
Saint-Frédéric 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 | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 3.1°C, more than any month, and August least
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −42.0°C (1994) and 15.0°C (1995), the widest span of any month.
Where Saint-Frédéric’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for Scott, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- 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: 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-Frédéric’s climate
How warm does Saint-Frédéric get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Frédéric get in winter?
Of all twelve months, January has the coldest nights, about −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Frédéric get?
A normal year brings 1,182 mm, snow included as water: July is wettest at 126 mm, February driest at 75 mm.
Are these figures for Saint-Frédéric itself?
Only indirectly: the readings are made at Scott, outside Saint-Frédéric.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Frédéric →
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