Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Pascal gets more snow than 91% of Canadian towns: about 281 cm a year
The depth of winter brings overnight lows near −15.3°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 72% of Canadian towns. A year here swings 40°C from midwinter lows to midsummer highs. Plan for rain or snow on about 129 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
No ECCC station in Saint-Pascal has 1991–2020 normals; the page reads La Pocatière, 26 km south-west, instead.
A year in Saint-Pascal at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Pascal’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Pascal feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
Frost on 170 days, 20°C on 92
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
About 906 mm of rain and snow a year
The most falls in October, the least in February.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
281 cm of snow in a typical year
Snow falls from October to May, most of all in December (about 66 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snowfall: Grandes-Bergeronnes, 83 km away (La Pocatière records no complete year of it).
Heating a home in Saint-Pascal
89% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
A day averaging 10 degrees under 18°C adds 10 to the total; warm days add nothing. By this count, homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Pascal’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Plan for about 52 days a year with a wind chill below −20.
Count on some 31 humid days a year with the humidex past 30.
For the weather that does damage, from ice storms to floods, see Saint-Pascal’s hazards page.
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 | 26 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Snowfall from | Grandes-Bergeronnes, 83 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, 37 km |
How Saint-Pascal 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
Nearby places read from a different ECCC location (places on Saint-Pascal’s own would show the same figures). Saint-Pascal has no close neighbour with figures; the nearest is 22 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pascal La Pocatière | 24.2°C | −15.3°C | 906 mm |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska 22 km · Rivière-du-Loup/St-Antonin | 22.5°C 1.7°C cooler | −15.5°C about the same | 906 mm |
Saint-Pascal 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 | −6.5°C | −15.3°C | −10.9°C | 70 mm | 51 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.3°C | −9.6°C | 61 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 0.1°C | −8.8°C | −4.4°C | 62 mm | 52 cm |
| April | 7.6°C | −1.5°C | 3.0°C | 69 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 16.2°C | 4.7°C | 10.4°C | 74 mm | 1 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 | 0 cm |
| October | 11.1°C | 2.7°C | 7.0°C | 99 mm | 5 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −2.7°C | 0.8°C | 72 mm | 22 cm |
| December | −2.6°C | −10.1°C | −6.4°C | 74 mm | 66 cm |
| Year | 9.5°C | −0.1°C | 4.7°C | 906 mm | 281 cm |
From −27.2°C to 21.8°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 2.6°C around its normal of −10.9°C, the widest of any month, while June’s shifts by 1.1°C.
Where Saint-Pascal’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s normals for La Pocatière, 1991–2020, chosen as the nearest location with a full temperature record.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- 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-Pascal’s climate
How warm does Saint-Pascal get in summer?
The year’s warmest days come in July, with highs averaging 24.2°C.
How cold does Saint-Pascal get in winter?
Expect nights around −15.3°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Pascal get?
Some 906 mm falls in a year. Most of it comes in October (99 mm), the least in February (61 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Pascal itself?
They come from La Pocatière, which ECCC uses as the nearest normals location for Saint-Pascal.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Pascal →
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).