Photo: Williamborg · Public domainMore rain and snow fall on Saint-Ours than on 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −14.8°C. Winter nights are cold: in January they are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Precipitation peaks in August and eases off in February. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Borrowed figures: Saint-Ours has no normals station, so these come from Fleury, 15 km south-east.
A year in Saint-Ours at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Ours’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Ours feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
161 frost days and 115 days above 20°C a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 20 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
About 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
Some 145 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 202 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 49 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Ours
92% 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-Ours’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Seedlings can go out once the average last frost, around 12 May, has passed; autumn’s first, near 27 September, ends a season of about 136 days.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Saint-Ours’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fleury
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Fleury.
| Distance from the town | 15 km south-east |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Next-nearest location | L'Assomption, 23 km |
How Saint-Ours 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
Places around Saint-Ours whose figures come from another normals location.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ours Fleury | 26.0°C | −14.8°C | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu 1.1 km · Fleury | 26.0°C about the same | −14.8°C about the same | 1,109 mm |
| Contrecoeur 6.4 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.2°C colder | 1,109 mm |
Saint-Ours weather by month
Month by month, 1991–2020: the usual high, low and mean, the rain and snow, and the snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.8°C | −14.8°C | −10.5°C | 81 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −13.6°C | −8.6°C | 61 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −7.3°C | −2.7°C | 71 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.8°C | 96 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.2°C | 98 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.9°C | 20.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.7°C | 19.3°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.6°C | 8.4°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −2.0°C | 1.9°C | 90 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −9.3°C | −5.9°C | 85 mm | 49 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.2°C | 1,109 mm | 202 cm |
In March, anything from −31.0°C to 25.5°C
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high over 1991–2020; January is the month whose average wanders most from year to year (±3.1°C around −10.5°C), August the one that wanders least (±0.9°C).
Where Saint-Ours’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 normals from ECCC for Fleury, its nearest location with complete temperatures.
- Comparisons: every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 or more, each read from its own nearest location; city totals and reserves are left out.
- Not on this page: sunshine (no 1991–2020 normals exist for it) and any altitude adjustment, since there is no elevation for the town itself.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Ours’s climate
How warm does Saint-Ours get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 26.0°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Saint-Ours get in winter?
Winter bottoms out in January, with lows near −14.8°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Ours get?
Rain and snow, with snow counted as water, total 1,109 mm a year; August leads with 114 mm and February trails with 61 mm.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
A layer of at least 1 cm stays down on about 106 days a year.
Are these figures for Saint-Ours itself?
They are borrowed from Fleury, the nearest place to Saint-Ours where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Ours →
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).