Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague has warmer summer afternoons than 78% of Canadian towns
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −13.0°C on average. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 40°C. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 78% of Canadian towns. Windshields need scraping on about 147 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague has no normals station, so these come from St-Anicet, 26 km west.
A year in Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 147 days, 20°C on 121
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 13 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 1,047 mm a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 141 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 170 cm in a normal year
Snow falls from November to April, most of all in January (about 44 cm). 484th snowiest of 493 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague
93% 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 less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
About 161 days a year pass without frost, from an average last frost of 28 April to a first of 7 October.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →About 36 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
The air feels heavier than 30 on the humidex for about 60 days a year.
Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Anicet
ECCC builds the St-Anicet normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 26 km west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 36 km |
How Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague St-Anicet | 26.7°C | −13.0°C | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka 7.7 km · St-Anicet | 26.7°C about the same | −13.0°C about the same | 1,047 mm |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Beauharnois 11 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.1°C | −13.0°C | −8.7°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −2.7°C | −12.1°C | −7.5°C | 59 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.8°C | −6.2°C | −1.6°C | 67 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.6°C | 97 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.0°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 13.8°C | 19.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.2°C | 21.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 15.0°C | 20.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.0°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 mm | 10 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.6°C | −4.2°C | 77 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 2.6°C | 7.3°C | 1,047 mm | 170 cm |
In March, anything from −29.0°C to 27.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.2°C of the normal, −8.7°C. August is the steadiest, within 1.0°C.
Where Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals, St-Anicet, 1991–2020.
- Comparisons: the 2,500-plus towns and neighbourhoods of Canada, each read from its closest normals location; whole cities and reserves aren’t counted.
- 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-Louis-de-Gonzague’s climate
How warm does Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 26.7°C.
How cold does Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −13.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague get?
Over twelve months, rain and melted snow come to 1,047 mm; the range runs from 59 mm in February to 109 mm in October.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow covers the ground, 1 cm or more, on about 110 days a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague itself?
Not directly: Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague has no ECCC normals of its own, and St-Anicet stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague →
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