Photo: Mario Hains · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley has colder winter nights than 80% of Canadian towns
Peak summer warmth arrives in July, with afternoons near 25.3°C. A year here swings 42°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 78% of Canadian towns. An umbrella or a shovel earns its place on about 137 days a year with 1 mm or more.
ECCC publishes no normals for Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley itself; the figures are those of St Georges, 22 km north-east.
A year in Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 185 days, 20°C on 107
Frost comes from September to May; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 31 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
1,054 mm of precipitation in a typical year
The most falls in July, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 202 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 53 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley
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. A house here needs more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
On average the last spring frost comes around 28 May and the first autumn frost around 19 September: about 113 frost-free days between.
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 →Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Georges
St Georges is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 22 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 168 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −41.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | St Ludger, 27 km |
How Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley 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-Honoré-de-Shenley’s own would show the same figures). The nearest places to Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley with figures are 19–26 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley St Georges | 25.3°C | −16.7°C | 1,054 mm |
| Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce 19 km · St Ludger | 24.5°C 0.8°C cooler | −15.9°C 0.8°C milder | 1,130 mm |
| Adstock 23 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.8°C cooler | −16.1°C 0.6°C milder | 1,324 mm |
Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8°C | −16.7°C | −11.4°C | 67 mm | 46 cm |
| February | −3.7°C | −16.3°C | −10.1°C | 52 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.0°C | −9.8°C | −4.0°C | 57 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 9.8°C | −1.9°C | 4.1°C | 89 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18.2°C | 4.6°C | 11.5°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.0°C | 10.1°C | 16.7°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.3°C | 13.0°C | 19.0°C | 128 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.5°C | 11.9°C | 18.2°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.8°C | 88 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.3°C | 1.8°C | 7.1°C | 107 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.7°C | −3.8°C | 0.5°C | 73 mm | 15 cm |
| December | −2.4°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 81 mm | 53 cm |
| Year | 10.7°C | −0.9°C | 4.9°C | 1,054 mm | 202 cm |
The month with the widest range: March, −33.0°C to 25.0°C
Two years in three, January’s average falls within 3.1°C of its normal of −11.4°C; June keeps to within 1.0°C.
Where Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, St Georges, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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-Honoré-de-Shenley’s climate
How warm does Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.3°C.
How cold does Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley get in winter?
In January, the coldest month, the typical low is −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley get?
Precipitation totals 1,054 mm a year, with July the wettest month (128 mm) and February the driest (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Count on about 117 days of snow cover a year, 1 cm or deeper.
Are these figures for Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley itself?
They describe St Georges, the nearest normals location, rather than Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley →
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).