Snowy winters: about 302 cm a year in Saint-Hilarion, more than in 94% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 24.2°C. Of all months, October brings the most precipitation and February the least. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. Expect about 170 frosty starts a year, days when the air falls to freezing.
Saint-Hilarion has no ECCC normals station of its own: every figure here comes from La Pocatière, 38 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Hilarion at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Hilarion’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Hilarion feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 92
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 18 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
906 mm of precipitation in a typical year
Some 129 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
302 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 65 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Bagotville, 95 km away (La Pocatière records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Saint-Hilarion
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C. That means homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Hilarion’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 52 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Muggy heat with a humidex over 30 arrives on about 31 days a year.
What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Saint-Hilarion’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Pocatière
ECCC builds the La Pocatière normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 38 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Bagotville, 95 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 14.8 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Cap-Tourmente, 60 km |
How Saint-Hilarion 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-Hilarion’s would only repeat its figures. No closer places have figures: these lie 30–57 km from Saint-Hilarion.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilarion La Pocatière | 24.2°C | −15.3°C | 906 mm |
| Petite-Rivière-Saint-François 30 km · Cap-Tourmente | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −14.8°C 0.5°C milder | 906 mm |
| Saint-Siméon 51 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 1.7°C cooler | −15.5°C about the same | 1,124 mm |
Saint-Hilarion 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 | −6.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.9°C | 70 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.3°C | −9.6°C | 61 mm | 52 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 62 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 7.6°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 69 mm | 23 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 4.7°C | 10.4°C | 74 mm | 3 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 10.0°C | 15.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.0°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 8.3°C | 13.6°C | 78 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 2.7°C | 7.0°C | 99 mm | 8 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −2.7°C | 0.8°C | 72 mm | 39 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −10.1°C | −6.4°C | 74 mm | 65 cm |
| Year | 9.5°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 906 mm | 302 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −27.2°C to 21.8°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.6°C of the normal, −10.9°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Saint-Hilarion’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for La Pocatière from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Hilarion’s climate
How warm does Saint-Hilarion get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 24.2°C.
How cold does Saint-Hilarion get in winter?
At its coldest, in January, the normal low is −15.3°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Hilarion get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 906 mm a year; October leads with 99 mm and February trails with 61 mm.
Are these figures for Saint-Hilarion itself?
No, they come from La Pocatière; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Saint-Hilarion itself.
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