Snowfall in Saint-Narcisse tops that of 90% of Canadian towns: about 274 cm a year
The coldest hours of a January night bottom out at −14.1°C on average. Its yearly rain and snow top those of 80% of Canadian towns. July is the wettest month, February the driest. Long walks are most pleasant from June to September, when afternoons reach 20–25°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Saint-Narcisse itself; the figures are those of Trois-Rivières, 25 km south.
A year in Saint-Narcisse at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Narcisse’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Narcisse feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 145 frosts and 104 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 15 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 1,101 mm a year
About 132 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 274 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 69 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Narcisse
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Saint-Narcisse’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Afternoons of 17–27°C and nights of at least 8°C arrive in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Frostbite weather, a wind chill under −20, turns up on about 42 days a year.
Humid heat, a humidex over 30, comes on about 37 days a year.
Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Saint-Narcisse’s hazards page does.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Trois-Rivières
ECCC builds the Trois-Rivières normals from 2 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.
| Distance from the town | 25 km south |
| Station altitude | 6 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.3°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Average wind | 13.4 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Fortierville, 34 km |
How Saint-Narcisse compares
Placed among 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, each on its nearest normals location; each dot is another location used in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Narcisse’s would only repeat its figures. No closer place has figures: this one lies 19 km from Saint-Narcisse.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Narcisse Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C | −14.1°C | 1,101 mm |
| Batiscan 19 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C 2.8°C colder | 1,138 mm |
Saint-Narcisse weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.6°C | −14.1°C | −9.9°C | 83 mm | 61 cm |
| February | −3.9°C | −13.1°C | −8.5°C | 66 mm | 53 cm |
| March | 1.2°C | −7.3°C | −3.1°C | 76 mm | 50 cm |
| April | 8.8°C | 0.3°C | 4.6°C | 87 mm | 14 cm |
| May | 17.3°C | 7.9°C | 12.6°C | 83 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 22.5°C | 13.6°C | 18.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 16.7°C | 20.9°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 15.6°C | 19.9°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.8°C | 11.0°C | 15.5°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.2°C | 5.1°C | 8.5°C | 101 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −1.3°C | 1.8°C | 88 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −8.6°C | −5.3°C | 95 mm | 69 cm |
| Year | 10.4°C | 2.1°C | 6.2°C | 1,101 mm | 274 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (2.8°C), June least
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. January spans the most, from −32.3°C (2009) to 12.0°C (1996).
Where Saint-Narcisse’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Trois-Rivières from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- 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-Narcisse’s climate
How warm does Saint-Narcisse get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Narcisse get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.1°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Narcisse get?
Precipitation totals 1,101 mm a year, with July the wettest month (125 mm) and February the driest (66 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Narcisse itself?
Not quite: they come from Trois-Rivières, the closest ECCC normals location to Saint-Narcisse.
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