Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse is wetter than 89% of Canadian towns: 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −16.0°C. Seasons differ by 41°C, from the coldest nights to the warmest afternoons. Its January nights bite harder than in 75% of Canadian towns. About 158 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
No ECCC station in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads Saint Michel, 24 km north, instead.
A year in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 174 days, 20°C on 96
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. Some 23 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
1,182 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
Precipitation and snowfall: Scott, 27 km away (Saint Michel records no complete year of either).
Snowfall: about 287 cm in a normal year
From October to May snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 75 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. In heating terms, homes need more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saint Michel
Saint Michel is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km north |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Scott, 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Scott, 27 km |
How Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse 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-Lazare-de-Bellechasse’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse Saint Michel | 25.1°C | −16.0°C | 1,182 mm |
| Sainte-Claire 7.9 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,182 mm |
| Saint-Gervais 8.5 km · Saint Michel | 25.1°C about the same | −16.0°C about the same | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Anselme 13 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C 0.8°C colder | 1,299 mm |
Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse 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 | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.8°C | −10.1°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.8°C | −4.6°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 7.7°C | −1.3°C | 3.5°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 5.8°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 11.1°C | 16.9°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.3°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 8.8°C | 14.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.8°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −3.3°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −3.1°C | −10.5°C | −6.7°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | 0.1°C | 4.9°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
From year to year, January moves by 2.9°C, more than any month, and June least
January has the widest record range, −35.5°C in 2014 to 13.5°C in 1996; the tick on each bar is the month’s normal.
Where Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Saint Michel, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- 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-Lazare-de-Bellechasse’s climate
How warm does Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse get in summer?
In July, the warmest month, the typical high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse get in winter?
Midwinter means January, when a typical night reaches −16.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,182 mm of water a year; July brings the most (126 mm), February the least (75 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse itself?
They come from Saint Michel, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Lazare-de-Bellechasse →
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).