Saint-Michel-du-Squatec gets more frosts than 90% of Canadian towns
In July the day’s top temperature is typically 25.0°C. Rain and snow together come to more here than on 68% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 44°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Wet days, with 1 mm of rain or snow or more, come about 122 times a year.
Saint-Michel-du-Squatec has no ECCC normals station nearby: the figures come from Edmundston, 60 km south-east, so read them as the wider area’s climate.
A year in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Michel-du-Squatec’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 198 frosts and 98 warm days a year
Frost comes from September to June; in January almost every night freezes. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 40 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 1,012 mm a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 279 cm in a normal year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 66 cm in December, the snowiest month.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Edmundston publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Rimouski, 63 km away.
Heating a home in Saint-Michel-du-Squatec
88% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Measured against 18°C: each day’s shortfall in mean temperature, added over twelve months. By this count, homes here need more heating than 82% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Michel-du-Squatec’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jul and Aug bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →Averages smooth over blizzards, ice storms, floods and heat waves; Saint-Michel-du-Squatec’s hazards page covers the risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Edmundston
Edmundston is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 60 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 154 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Rimouski, 63 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −43.6°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 63 km |
How Saint-Michel-du-Squatec 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Michel-du-Squatec’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Saint-Michel-du-Squatec with figures are 23–42 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Michel-du-Squatec Edmundston | 25.0°C | −19.1°C | 1,012 mm |
| Saint-Cyprien 23 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 2.5°C cooler | −15.5°C 3.6°C milder | 1,124 mm |
| Notre-Dame-des-Neiges 42 km · Grandes-Bergeronnes | 22.3°C 2.7°C cooler | −16.6°C 2.5°C milder | 1,124 mm |
Saint-Michel-du-Squatec 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 | −19.1°C | −13.0°C | 71 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −18.7°C | −11.8°C | 63 mm | 59 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −11.9°C | −5.5°C | 64 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 8.5°C | −3.6°C | 2.4°C | 67 mm | 17 cm |
| May | 17.2°C | 2.9°C | 10.1°C | 85 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.1°C | 7.8°C | 15.0°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.0°C | 11.0°C | 18.1°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 9.8°C | 17.0°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.2°C | 5.3°C | 12.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.5°C | 0.2°C | 5.8°C | 103 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −4.9°C | −0.5°C | 87 mm | 21 cm |
| December | −2.8°C | −12.5°C | −7.7°C | 89 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 9.9°C | −2.8°C | 3.5°C | 1,012 mm | 279 cm |
March has run from −36.2°C to 25.0°C in thirty years
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.7°C around −13.0°C) and July least (1.0°C).
Where Saint-Michel-du-Squatec’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Edmundston from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- 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: 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: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Michel-du-Squatec’s climate
How warm does Saint-Michel-du-Squatec get in summer?
Expect highs near 25.0°C in July, the hottest month on average.
How cold does Saint-Michel-du-Squatec get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −19.1°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Michel-du-Squatec get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,012 mm: 107 mm in July, the wettest month, and 63 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Saint-Michel-du-Squatec itself?
Not really: Edmundston, the closest location with normals, lies well away from Saint-Michel-du-Squatec.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Michel-du-Squatec →
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