Saint-Lucien is wetter than 79% of Canadian towns: 1,070 mm of rain and snow a year
In January the night’s low is typically −14.2°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 61% of Canadian towns. Rain or snow is most frequent in July and least in February. Garden chairs stay out from May to September, the months with highs of 19–26°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Saint-Lucien itself; the figures are those of Drummondville, 11 km west.
A year in Saint-Lucien at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Lucien’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Lucien feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 153 days, 20°C on 114
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 19 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 1,070 mm a year
About 136 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
About 229 cm of snow a year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 60 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Lucien
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together.
Living with Saint-Lucien’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Saint-Lucien: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Drummondville
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Drummondville.
| Distance from the town | 11 km west |
| Station altitude | 82 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Richmond, 32 km |
How Saint-Lucien 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Lucien’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lucien Drummondville | 26.0°C | −14.2°C | 1,070 mm |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover 8.3 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C about the same | 1,070 mm |
| Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey 14 km · Richmond | 25.6°C about the same | −15.0°C 0.8°C colder | 1,070 mm |
| Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton 16 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C 0.9°C cooler | −15.3°C 1.1°C colder | 1,150 mm |
Saint-Lucien weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.2°C | −14.2°C | −9.7°C | 90 mm | 57 cm |
| February | −3.2°C | −12.8°C | −8.0°C | 66 mm | 50 cm |
| March | 2.3°C | −7.2°C | −2.4°C | 66 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.7°C | 0.9°C | 5.9°C | 79 mm | 9 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 8.0°C | 13.4°C | 91 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 13.6°C | 18.8°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 16.2°C | 21.1°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.1°C | 15.2°C | 20.1°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 10.9°C | 15.7°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.2°C | 4.7°C | 9.0°C | 100 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.9°C | −1.5°C | 2.2°C | 80 mm | 14 cm |
| December | −1.4°C | −8.8°C | −5.2°C | 95 mm | 60 cm |
| Year | 11.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.7°C | 1,070 mm | 229 cm |
A March here can run from −31.0°C to 25.0°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.2°C of the normal, −9.7°C. June is the steadiest, within 1.1°C.
Where Saint-Lucien’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Drummondville, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Lucien’s climate
How warm does Saint-Lucien get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 26.0°C.
How cold does Saint-Lucien get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.2°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Lucien get?
1,070 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is July (109 mm); the driest, February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Lucien itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Drummondville, since Saint-Lucien has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Lucien →
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).