Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.0More rain and snow fall on Saint-Raphaël than on 90% of Canadian towns: 1,216 mm a year
Deep winter brings January lows near −16.0°C. Its January nights bite harder than in 75% of Canadian towns. The wettest month is July; the driest is March. Plan time outside from June to September, when highs sit at 19–25°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Saint-Raphaël itself; the figures are those of Saint Michel, 12 km north-west.
A year in Saint-Raphaël at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Raphaël’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Raphaël feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 174 frosts and 96 warm days a year
The frost season runs October to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 23 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
1,216 mm of precipitation in a typical year
On about 142 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Saint Michel publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Lauzon, 27 km away.
About 299 cm of snow a year
Snow falls from October to April, most of all in December (about 77 cm).
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Saint-Raphaël
91% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Degree days add up how far each day’s mean temperature falls below 18°C over a year. A house here needs more heating than 62% of Canadian towns.
Living with Saint-Raphaël’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 Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Thirty-year normals hide the storms and the extremes: the hazards page has Saint-Raphaël’s risks.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Saint Michel
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for Saint Michel, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 12 km north-west |
| Station altitude | 69 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Lauzon, 27 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −35.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.9°C |
| Next-nearest location | Lauzon, 27 km |
How Saint-Raphaël 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
Places around Saint-Raphaël whose figures come from another normals location. The nearest places to Saint-Raphaël with figures are 19–25 km away.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Raphaël Saint Michel | 25.1°C | −16.0°C | 1,216 mm |
| Beaumont 19 km · Lauzon | 24.9°C about the same | −16.6°C 0.6°C colder | 1,216 mm |
| Sainte-Claire 24 km · Scott | 25.1°C about the same | −16.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,182 mm |
| Montmagny 24 km · Cap-Tourmente | 25.0°C about the same | −14.8°C 1.2°C milder | 1,216 mm |
| Saint-Anselme 25 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C 0.8°C colder | 1,299 mm |
Saint-Raphaël weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature, rain and snow (as water) and snowfall by month, 1991–2020.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.9°C | −16.0°C | −11.6°C | 80 mm | 62 cm |
| February | −5.0°C | −14.8°C | −10.1°C | 80 mm | 71 cm |
| March | 0.2°C | −8.8°C | −4.6°C | 78 mm | 51 cm |
| April | 7.7°C | −1.3°C | 3.5°C | 95 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 16.9°C | 5.8°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 22.3°C | 11.1°C | 16.9°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.3°C | 129 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.3°C | 8.8°C | 14.1°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.3°C | 2.8°C | 7.1°C | 112 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.0°C | −3.3°C | 0.6°C | 84 mm | 24 cm |
| December | −3.1°C | −10.5°C | −6.7°C | 101 mm | 77 cm |
| Year | 9.7°C | 0.1°C | 4.9°C | 1,216 mm | 299 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (2.9°C), June least
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than January, between −35.5°C (2014) and 13.5°C (1996).
Where Saint-Raphaël’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Saint Michel (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: 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-Raphaël’s climate
How warm does Saint-Raphaël get in summer?
The warmest month is July, when afternoons average 25.1°C.
How cold does Saint-Raphaël get in winter?
January nights average −16.0°C, the coldest of the year.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Raphaël get?
Count on roughly 1,216 mm a year, heaviest in July (129 mm) and lightest in March (78 mm).
Are these figures for Saint-Raphaël itself?
Not exactly. Saint-Raphaël lacks a normals station, so Saint Michel supplies the figures.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Raphaël →
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).