Precipitation in Saint-Gervais tops that of 90% of Canadian towns: 1,216 mm a year
January nights here settle around −16.0°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 75% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is March. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 174 days a year at 0°C or below.
ECCC publishes no normals for Saint-Gervais itself; the figures are those of Saint Michel, 17 km north.
A year in Saint-Gervais at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Gervais’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Gervais feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 174 frosts and 96 warm days a year
From October to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. On about 23 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
1,216 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Saint Michel publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Lauzon, 20 km away.
About 299 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 77 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Gervais
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. A house here needs more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Gervais’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
The outdoor season by the averages is Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep, with highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Saint-Gervais’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saint Michel
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Saint Michel.
| Distance from the town | 17 km north |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lauzon, 20 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Lauzon, 20 km |
How Saint-Gervais 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Gervais’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gervais Saint Michel | 25.1°C | −16.0°C | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse 7.2 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C about the same | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Anselme 11 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C 0.8°C colder | 1,299 mm |
| Sainte-Claire 13 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,182 mm |
Saint-Gervais 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 | −6.9°C | −16.0°C | −11.6°C | 80 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.8°C | −10.1°C | 80 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.8°C | −4.6°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 7.7°C | −1.3°C | 3.5°C | 95 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 5.8°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 11.1°C | 16.9°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.3°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 8.8°C | 14.1°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.8°C | 7.1°C | 112 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −3.3°C | 0.6°C | 84 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.1°C | −10.5°C | −6.7°C | 101 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | 0.1°C | 4.9°C | 1,216 mm | 299 cm |
Two years in three, January’s average lands within 2.9°C of normal, against the steadier June
Over 1991–2020, January saw both −35.5°C (2014) and 13.5°C (1996), the widest span of any month.
Where Saint-Gervais’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Saint Michel, 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: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- 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-Gervais’s climate
How warm does Saint-Gervais get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 25.1°C on a typical day.
How cold does Saint-Gervais get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Gervais get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,216 mm a year; July leads with 129 mm and March trails with 78 mm.
Are these figures for Saint-Gervais itself?
No: Saint-Gervais has no normals location, so the figures come from Saint Michel, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Gervais →
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).