Photo: Gordalmighty · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Pamphile sits near the top of Canadian towns for frosts
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 23.9°C on average. Its July afternoons stay fresher than in 70% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 44°C. Homes need heating from October to May, the months averaging under 10°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Saint-Pamphile itself; the figures are those of Ste Lucie, 32 km south-west.
A year in Saint-Pamphile at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Pamphile’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Pamphile feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
Frost on 208 days, 20°C on 88
From September to June frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 44 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
Rain and melted snow: about 906 mm a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 129 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Ste Lucie publishes no full year of precipitation, so these figures come from La Pocatière, 47 km away.
About 349 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 83 cm. 9th snowiest of 494 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Saint-Pamphile’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jul and Aug.
Parks & trails →What averages leave out, the floods and ice storms, is on Saint-Pamphile’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Ste Lucie
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Ste Lucie, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 32 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 373 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | La Pocatière, 47 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −45.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.0°C |
| Next-nearest location | La Pocatière, 47 km |
How Saint-Pamphile 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-Pamphile whose figures come from another normals location. No closer places have figures: these lie 15–47 km from Saint-Pamphile.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pamphile Ste Lucie | 23.9°C | −19.6°C | 906 mm |
| Sainte-Perpétue 15 km · La Pocatière | 24.2°C about the same | −15.3°C 4.3°C milder | 906 mm |
| L'Islet 47 km · Cap-Tourmente | 25.0°C 1.1°C warmer | −14.8°C 4.8°C milder | 906 mm |
Saint-Pamphile 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 | −7.1°C | −19.6°C | −13.6°C | 70 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.2°C | −18.5°C | −11.8°C | 61 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.5°C | −12.4°C | −6.0°C | 62 mm | 61 cm |
| April | 7.5°C | −4.1°C | 1.9°C | 69 mm | 27 cm |
| May | 16.4°C | 2.5°C | 9.4°C | 74 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 21.6°C | 7.9°C | 14.8°C | 85 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 23.9°C | 10.9°C | 17.3°C | 81 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 22.8°C | 9.5°C | 16.0°C | 82 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 18.1°C | 5.3°C | 11.8°C | 78 mm | under 1 cm |
| October | 10.4°C | 0.0°C | 5.1°C | 99 mm | 11 cm |
| November | 2.8°C | −5.9°C | −1.4°C | 72 mm | 30 cm |
| December | −3.7°C | −13.8°C | −9.2°C | 74 mm | 83 cm |
| Year | 9.0°C | −3.2°C | 2.9°C | 906 mm | 349 cm |
A March here can run from −37.0°C to 22.5°C
January is the least predictable month: about two years in three its average lands within 3.0°C of the normal, −13.6°C. August is the steadiest, within 0.9°C.
Where Saint-Pamphile’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: 1991–2020 normals for Ste Lucie from ECCC’s climate data site, the nearest location with every month of temperature.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canada’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (no city totals, no reserves), each through its own nearest location.
- Not on this page: a sunshine figure (ECCC published none for 1991–2020) and any lapse-rate correction for height, as the town has no elevation here.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Saint-Pamphile’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pamphile get in summer?
Afternoons average 23.9°C in July, the warmest time of year.
How cold does Saint-Pamphile get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −19.6°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Pamphile get?
About 906 mm a year, rain and melted snow together. October is the wettest month (99 mm) and February the driest (61 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
On about 153 days a year the ground keeps at least 1 cm of snow.
Are these figures for Saint-Pamphile itself?
Not exactly. Saint-Pamphile lacks a normals station, so Ste Lucie supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Pamphile →
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