Climate in Saint-Jean-Baptiste · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

More rain and snow fall on Saint-Jean-Baptiste than on 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm a year

In January the night’s low is typically −13.6°C. A year here swings 40°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Its July heat outdoes that of 70% of Canadian towns. Homes need heating from October to April, the months averaging under 10°C.

July afternoons: warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights: colder than 56% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

Borrowed figures: Saint-Jean-Baptiste has no normals station, so these come from L'Acadie, 30 km south-west.

July high

26.6°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−13.6°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,109 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

202 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

149

a year at 0°C or below

A year in Saint-Jean-Baptiste at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−4°C−14°CColdest nights

Feb−3°C−13°C

Mar3°C−7°C

Apr11°C1°C

May20°C8°C

Jun24°C13°C

Jul27°C16°CWarmest

Aug25°C14°CWettest

Sep21°C10°C

Oct14°C4°C

Nov now6°C−2°C

Dec−1°C−9°CSnowiest

What stands out about Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.

Wetter than 82% of Canadian townsAbout 1,109 mm of rain and melted snow a year; August is the wettest month and February the driest.Snowier than 72% of Canadian townsAbout 202 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in December.

A normal year

What a year in Saint-Jean-Baptiste feels like

Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.

Winter

−3°C / −12°C

227 mm, with 137 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / 1°C

265 mm, with 52 cm of snow

Summer

25°C / 14°C

322 mm of rain and snow, the wettest season

Autumn

14°C / 4°C

295 mm, with 14 cm of snow

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−4°C−14°C

−3°C−13°C

3°C−7°C

11°C1°C

20°C8°C

24°C13°C

27°C16°C

25°C14°C

21°C10°C

14°C4°C

6°C−2°C

−1°C−9°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best months to be outsideJunJulAugSepHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

149 frost days and 124 days above 20°C a year

Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. On about 15 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.

149

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

Fewer frosts than 58% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

124

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

About 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year

August brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. About 145 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

1,109 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

899 mm

Of it as rain alone (81%)

114 mm

August, the wettest month

61 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

114 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

114 mm

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Precipitation and snowfall: Fleury, 34 km away (L'Acadie records no complete year of either).

Snow

Snowfall: about 202 cm in a normal year

From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 49 cm.

202 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 72% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

49 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Saint-Jean-Baptiste

93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

4,304 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,197 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

The count adds up, day by day, how far the mean temperature falls short of 18°C.

Living here

Living with Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

Get outside

The comfortable months for a day outside, highs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more: Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 36 days a year.

Humidex

Humid summer days, the humidex above 30, number about 50 a year.

Storms and extremes

For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s hazards page.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: L'Acadie

L'Acadie is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.

Distance from the town	30 km south-west
Station altitude	44 m
Completeness	at least 20 years
WMO standard normals	No
Precipitation from	Fleury, 34 km
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−32.5°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.1°C
Average wind	11.4 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest location	Fleury, 34 km

Compared with other towns

How Saint-Jean-Baptiste compares

Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.

July afternoons26.6°C

Saint-Jean-BaptisteMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 70% of Canadian towns

January nights−13.6°C

Saint-Jean-BaptisteMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Colder than 56% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,109 mm

Saint-Jean-BaptisteMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 82% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year202 cm

Saint-Jean-BaptisteMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 72% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s would only repeat its figures.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Saint-Jean-Baptiste L'Acadie	26.6°C	−13.6°C	1,109 mm
Otterburn Park 6.7 km · L'Acadie	26.6°C about the same	−13.6°C about the same	1,109 mm
Mont-Saint-Hilaire 7.9 km · Fleury	26.0°C 0.6°C cooler	−14.8°C 1.2°C colder	1,109 mm
Saint-Damase 9.4 km · Granby	25.6°C 1.0°C cooler	−13.4°C about the same	1,226 mm

Month by month

Saint-Jean-Baptiste 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	−4.3°C	−13.6°C	−9.0°C	81 mm	45 cm
February	−2.9°C	−12.7°C	−7.8°C	61 mm	43 cm
March	2.6°C	−6.7°C	−2.1°C	71 mm	38 cm
April	11.1°C	0.7°C	5.9°C	96 mm	13 cm
May	19.5°C	7.8°C	13.7°C	98 mm	under 1 cm
June	24.2°C	13.2°C	18.7°C	102 mm	0 cm
July	26.6°C	15.5°C	21.1°C	106 mm	0 cm
August	25.3°C	13.9°C	19.6°C	114 mm	0 cm
September	21.4°C	9.7°C	15.6°C	97 mm	0 cm
October	13.6°C	4.1°C	8.9°C	108 mm	2 cm
November	6.1°C	−1.7°C	2.2°C	90 mm	12 cm
December	−0.7°C	−8.6°C	−4.7°C	85 mm	49 cm
Year	11.9°C	1.8°C	6.8°C	1,109 mm	202 cm

Year to year

The month with the widest range: March, −28.7°C to 25.4°C

January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 2.9°C of the normal, −9.0°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, L'Acadie: the nearest of its locations with every month’s temperatures.
Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
Not on this page: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.

Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Questions about Saint-Jean-Baptiste’s climate

How warm does Saint-Jean-Baptiste get in summer?

In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 26.6°C.

How cold does Saint-Jean-Baptiste get in winter?

Lows sink to −13.6°C on an average January night.

How much rain and snow does Saint-Jean-Baptiste get?

About 1,109 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. August is the wettest month (114 mm) and February the driest (61 mm).

Are these figures for Saint-Jean-Baptiste itself?

No: Saint-Jean-Baptiste has no normals location, so the figures come from L'Acadie, the nearest with 1991–2020 normals.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Jean-Baptiste →

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