Photo: Richard Coté · CC BY-SA 4.0Precipitation in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce tops that of 83% of Canadian towns: 1,130 mm a year
On a normal July day the thermometer tops out near 24.5°C. By frosts alone, it ranks colder than 74% of Canadian towns. No month is much wetter than another: July, the wettest, gets little more than March, the driest. For walks and days out, the stretch from June to August brings highs of 22–25°C.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce has no normals station, so these come from St Ludger, 12 km south.
A year in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
187 frost days and 96 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Some 26 nights a year drop under −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 1,130 mm a year
About 148 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 287 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 65 cm in February, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C. A house here needs more heating than 72% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul and Aug: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →Extremes don’t show in averages: floods, wildfire smoke and ice storms are on Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Ludger
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for St Ludger.
| Distance from the town | 12 km south |
| Station altitude | 335 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 33.3°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Georges, 34 km |
How Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce 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-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce St Ludger | 24.5°C | −15.9°C | 1,130 mm |
| Saint-Ludger 12 km · St Ludger | 24.5°C about the same | −15.9°C about the same | 1,130 mm |
| Saint-Martin 12 km · St Georges | 25.3°C 0.8°C warmer | −16.7°C 0.8°C colder | 1,054 mm |
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.5°C | −15.9°C | −10.9°C | 93 mm | 60 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −15.3°C | −9.7°C | 80 mm | 65 cm |
| March | 1.4°C | −9.6°C | −4.1°C | 77 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 9.1°C | −2.0°C | 3.8°C | 87 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 17.4°C | 4.4°C | 10.8°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 9.8°C | 16.0°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.5°C | 12.8°C | 18.5°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.5°C | 11.5°C | 17.5°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.4°C | 7.2°C | 13.3°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.8°C | 1.5°C | 6.5°C | 103 mm | 7 cm |
| November | 4.5°C | −4.2°C | 0.2°C | 80 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.1°C | −11.0°C | −7.0°C | 88 mm | 64 cm |
| Year | 10.2°C | −0.9°C | 4.6°C | 1,130 mm | 287 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is August
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −38.0°C (1995) and 18.0°C (1995), the widest span of any month.
Where Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for St Ludger, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
- 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-Gédéon-de-Beauce’s climate
How warm does Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 24.5°C.
How cold does Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −15.9°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,130 mm a year; July leads with 115 mm and March trails with 77 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
The ground is white, with 1 cm or more, on some 127 days a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce itself?
Not as such: St Ludger is the nearest normals location, and Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce →
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