Saint-Wenceslas has colder winter nights than 77% of Canadian towns
July afternoons average 25.7°C. Precipitation is plentiful here, more than falls on 63% of Canadian towns. The gap between a January night and a July afternoon is 42°C. The furnace earns its keep from October to April, the months that average under 10°C.
These are not Saint-Wenceslas’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Nicolet, 24 km west.
A year in Saint-Wenceslas at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Saint-Wenceslas’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Saint-Wenceslas feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 948 mm of rain and snow a year
July is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 128 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 213 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; December is the peak, at about 56 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Living with Saint-Wenceslas’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
Plan time outside for Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.
Parks & trails →About 43 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
About 45 days a year feel above 30 on the humidex.
A typical year is calm by definition; Saint-Wenceslas’s hazards page covers the exceptions.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Nicolet
Nicolet is a composite: ECCC joins 2 stations’ readings to make its 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 24 km west |
| Station altitude | 30 m |
| Completeness | at least 15 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.0°C |
| Average wind | 11.1 km/h on average, most often from the north-east |
| Next-nearest location | Trois-Rivières, 26 km |
How Saint-Wenceslas compares
Compared with 2,611 towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more across Canada; the dots mark the other normals locations in Quebec.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Saint-Wenceslas’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Wenceslas Nicolet | 25.7°C | −16.4°C | 948 mm |
| Sainte-Eulalie 7.8 km · Arthabaska | 25.1°C 0.6°C cooler | −15.3°C 1.1°C milder | 1,150 mm |
| Saint-Léonard-d'Aston 7.9 km · Nicolet | 25.7°C about the same | −16.4°C about the same | 948 mm |
| Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil 19 km · Drummondville | 26.0°C about the same | −14.2°C 2.2°C milder | 1,070 mm |
| Bécancour 19 km · Trois-Rivières | 25.1°C 0.6°C cooler | −14.1°C 2.3°C milder | 1,101 mm |
Saint-Wenceslas 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 | −6.7°C | −16.4°C | −11.6°C | 70 mm | 49 cm |
| February | −4.8°C | −15.3°C | −10.0°C | 49 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −8.6°C | −3.7°C | 52 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 9.9°C | −0.2°C | 4.9°C | 82 mm | 12 cm |
| May | 18.9°C | 7.0°C | 12.9°C | 75 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.8°C | 12.3°C | 18.0°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.7°C | 14.7°C | 20.2°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.7°C | 13.7°C | 19.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.3°C | 9.2°C | 14.7°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 12.6°C | 3.5°C | 8.1°C | 90 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 4.9°C | −2.5°C | 1.2°C | 75 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.5°C | −10.3°C | −6.5°C | 76 mm | 56 cm |
| Year | 10.6°C | 0.6°C | 5.6°C | 948 mm | 213 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.3°C; the steadiest month is June
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than March, between −32.0°C (2007) and 24.5°C (2012).
Where Saint-Wenceslas’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for Nicolet, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Comparisons: all Canadian places of 2,500 or more except city totals and reserves, each read the same way.
- 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-Wenceslas’s climate
How warm does Saint-Wenceslas get in summer?
Of all twelve months, July has the warmest afternoons, about 25.7°C.
How cold does Saint-Wenceslas get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.4°C.
How much rain and snow does Saint-Wenceslas get?
Around 948 mm a year in all, from 103 mm in July down to 49 mm in February.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Snow lies on the ground for about 120 days in a normal year.
Are these figures for Saint-Wenceslas itself?
Not quite: they come from Nicolet, the closest ECCC normals location to Saint-Wenceslas.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Saint-Wenceslas →
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).