Saint-Pacôme sits near the top of Canadian towns for snow: about 349 cm a year
High summer brings afternoon highs near 24.2°C. Precipitation peaks in October and eases off in February. Its January nights bite harder than in 72% of Canadian towns. The heating season runs October to April: each of those months averages under 10°C.
These are not Saint-Pacôme’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses La Pocatière, 8.6 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Pacôme at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Pacôme’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Pacôme feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
170 frost days and 92 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 18 nights a year the air falls below −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 906 mm a year
About 129 days a year bring 1 mm or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
About 349 cm of snow a year
Expect snow from October to May, with about 83 cm in December, the snowiest month. 9th snowiest of 494 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
La Pocatière publishes no full year of snowfall, so these figures come from Ste Lucie, 76 km away.
Heating a home in Saint-Pacôme
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A heating degree day is one degree of shortfall below 18°C for one day, summed over the year. That means homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Pacôme’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Count on some 52 days a year when the wind makes it feel below −20.
About 31 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Saint-Pacôme’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: La Pocatière
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for La Pocatière are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 8.6 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Ste Lucie, 76 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −33.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.7°C |
| Average wind | 14.8 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin, 54 km |
How Saint-Pacôme 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-Pacôme’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Pacôme has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 39–49 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pacôme La Pocatière | 24.2°C | −15.3°C | 906 mm |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska 39 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 1.7°C cooler | −15.5°C about the same | 906 mm |
| L'Islet 45 km · Cap-Tourmente | 25.0°C 0.8°C warmer | −14.8°C 0.5°C milder | 906 mm |
Saint-Pacôme weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.9°C | 70 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.3°C | −9.6°C | 61 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 62 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 7.6°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 69 mm | 27 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 4.7°C | 10.4°C | 74 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 10.0°C | 15.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 23.6°C | 12.4°C | 18.0°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.9°C | 8.3°C | 13.6°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 2.7°C | 7.0°C | 99 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −2.7°C | 0.8°C | 72 mm | 30 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −10.1°C | −6.4°C | 74 mm | 83 cm |
| Year | 9.5°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 906 mm | 349 cm |
March: −27.2°C at its coldest, 21.8°C at its warmest
Year to year, January varies most (a standard deviation of 2.6°C around −10.9°C) and June least (1.1°C).
Where Saint-Pacôme’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at La Pocatière (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: ECCC blanks a month that fails its completeness rule, so the precipitation or snowfall here comes from the next location with all twelve months.
- 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: sunshine, which none of ECCC’s 450 locations publishes for 1991–2020, and the town’s own height above sea level, so no figure is adjusted for altitude.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Pacôme’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pacôme get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 24.2°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Saint-Pacôme get in winter?
Expect nights around −15.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Pacôme get?
Measured as water, a year brings 906 mm: 99 mm in October, the wettest month, and 61 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Saint-Pacôme itself?
No, they come from La Pocatière; ECCC keeps no 1991–2020 normals in Saint-Pacôme itself.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Pacôme →
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).