Photo: SamuelFreli · CC BY-SA 3.0January in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce bites harder than in 80% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.3°C on average. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 78% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 42°C across the year, low to high. Plan for rain or snow on about 137 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are not Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St Georges, 22 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Joseph-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-Joseph-de-Beauce feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 185 frosts and 107 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. 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
Rain and melted snow: about 1,054 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest.
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-Joseph-de-Beauce
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. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
About 113 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 28 May to a first of 19 September.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →Severe weather is a separate story from the averages: see Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St Georges
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for St Georges, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 22 km south-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 | Scott, 27 km |
How Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce compares
Against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, each read from its own normals location; the dots are the other locations those towns use in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
Places around Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce St Georges | 25.3°C | −16.7°C | 1,054 mm |
| Saint-Frédéric 8.3 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C about the same | 1,182 mm |
| Beauceville 12 km · St Georges | 25.3°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,054 mm |
Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce 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 |
From −33.0°C to 25.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.1°C from −11.4°C. June moves least, typically by 1.0°C.
Where Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals, St Georges: the nearest of its locations with every month’s 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-Joseph-de-Beauce’s climate
How warm does Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.3°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce get in winter?
The year’s coldest nights belong to January, at about −16.7°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce get?
The year adds up to 1,054 mm. July is the peak month (128 mm) and February the low one (52 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
About 117 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.
Are these figures for Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce itself?
Not as such: St Georges is the nearest normals location, and Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce →
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).