Wet weather: 1,182 mm of rain and snow a year falls on Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, more than on 89% of Canadian towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 25.1°C on average. The wettest month is July; the driest is February. Its January nights bite harder than in 78% of Canadian towns. About 158 days a year bring 1 mm of precipitation or more.
The nearest ECCC normals location to Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière is Scott, 28 km north-east, and every figure on this page is its.
A year in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 181 frosts and 100 warm days a year
The frost season runs September to May, and January freezes nearly every night. On about 27 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 1,182 mm a year
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
287 cm of snow in a typical year
The snow season runs October to May; December brings the most, about 75 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière
90% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
One degree below 18°C for one day makes one heating degree day; the year’s days are added together. Homes here need more heating than 63% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Gardens get from about 18 May to 27 September without frost, around 130 days in all.
Highs of 17–27°C with nights of 8°C or more come in Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Bad-weather days, from blizzards to floods, get their own page for Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière: the hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Scott
Every temperature, frost, snow and degree-day figure on this page is the 1991–2020 normal ECCC publishes for Scott.
| Distance from the town | 28 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 145 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −42.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 34.5°C |
| Next-nearest location | Thetford Mines, 32 km |
How Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière 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 Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière’s own would show the same figures). Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 16–25 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière Scott | 25.1°C | −16.5°C | 1,182 mm |
| Lyster 16 km · Fortierville | 25.5°C about the same | −16.9°C about the same | 1,138 mm |
| Saint-Agapit 20 km · Beauséjour | 25.5°C about the same | −16.8°C about the same | 1,299 mm |
| Saint-Flavien 20 km · Québec Jean Lesage (Airport) | 25.0°C about the same | −16.7°C about the same | 1,173 mm |
| Laurierville 23 km · Thetford Mines | 23.5°C 1.6°C cooler | −16.1°C about the same | 1,324 mm |
Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −6.6°C | −16.5°C | −11.9°C | 86 mm | 63 cm |
| February | −4.6°C | −15.5°C | −10.0°C | 75 mm | 64 cm |
| March | 1.1°C | −9.4°C | −4.3°C | 77 mm | 49 cm |
| April | 9.0°C | −1.6°C | 3.9°C | 93 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 17.7°C | 5.3°C | 11.4°C | 98 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 22.8°C | 10.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 25.1°C | 14.1°C | 19.4°C | 126 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 24.1°C | 13.0°C | 18.5°C | 111 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 19.6°C | 8.4°C | 13.8°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 11.7°C | 2.4°C | 7.1°C | 109 mm | 4 cm |
| November | 4.3°C | −3.4°C | 0.6°C | 81 mm | 19 cm |
| December | −2.9°C | −11.1°C | −7.2°C | 106 mm | 75 cm |
| Year | 10.1°C | −0.3°C | 4.8°C | 1,182 mm | 287 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is August
Records from 1991 to 2020: no month spans more than January, between −42.0°C (1994) and 15.0°C (1995).
Where Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Scott (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- 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 Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière get in summer?
On a normal day in July the thermometer climbs to 25.1°C, the warmest of the year.
How cold does Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière get in winter?
Deep winter means January, when nights average −16.5°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière get?
Around 1,182 mm a year in all, from 126 mm in July down to 75 mm in February.
Are these figures for Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière itself?
They are the closest available: the normals for Scott, since Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière has none.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière →
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