Climate in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue · ECCC 1991–2020 normals

Summer afternoons in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue are warmer than in 78% of Canadian towns

January mornings start at about −13.5°C. By precipitation alone, it ranks wetter than 74% of Canadian towns. The year swings widely: the coldest month’s nights and the warmest month’s afternoons are 40°C apart. Windshields need scraping on about 146 mornings a year, the days the air reaches 0°C or below.

July afternoons: warmer than 78% of Canadian towns

January nights: milder than 51% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year: wetter than 74% of Canadian towns

These are not Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 17 km north-east.

July high

26.7°C

Typical Canadian town 25.5°C

January low

−13.5°C

Typical Canadian town −13.5°C

Rain & snow a year

1,041 mm

Typical Canadian town 883 mm

Snowfall a year

217 cm

Typical Canadian town 141 cm

Frost days

146

a year at 0°C or below

Frost-free days

167

29 Apr to 14 Oct

A year in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue at a glance

Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.

Jan−5°C−14°CColdest nightsSnowiest

Feb−3°C−12°C

Mar2°C−7°C

Apr11°C1°CLast frost ~29 Apr

May19°C8°C

Jun24°C14°C

Jul27°C17°CWarmest

Aug26°C16°C

Sep21°C11°C

Oct13°C5°CWettestFirst frost ~14 Oct

Nov now6°C−2°C

Dec−1°C−9°C

What stands out about Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s climate

Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.

Snowier than 80% of Canadian townsAbout 217 cm of snow falls in a year, most of it in January.Warmer than 78% of Canadian townsJuly afternoons average 26.7°C, the warmest of the year. 4th warmest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec.Wetter than 74% of Canadian townsAbout 1,041 mm of rain and melted snow a year; October is the wettest month and February the driest.

A normal year

What a year in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue feels like

Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.

Winter

−3°C / −12°C

243 mm, with 147 cm of snow

Spring

11°C / 1°C

253 mm, with 52 cm of snow

Summer

26°C / 15°C

268 mm of rain and snow

Autumn

13°C / 5°C

277 mm, with 17 cm of snow: the wettest season

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−5°C−14°C

−3°C−12°C

2°C−7°C

11°C1°C

19°C8°C

24°C14°C

27°C17°C

26°C16°C

21°C11°C

13°C5°C

6°C−2°C

−1°C−9°C

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Best months to be outsideMayJunJulAugSepHighs of 17–27°C and nights of 8°C or more

Frost & warm days

About 146 frosts and 121 warm days a year

Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. Some 12 nights a year drop under −20°C.

167 frost-free days · average dates, 1991–2020

29 Apr 14 Oct

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

146

Frost days a year (0°C or below)

Fewer frosts than 65% of Canadian towns

Days that stay below 0°C

Nights a year below −20°C

121

Days a year above 20°C

Days a year above 30°C

Frost days by month

Average days at 0°C or below

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Days above 20°C by month

Average days

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Rain & snow

About 1,041 mm of rain and snow a year

The most falls in October, the least in February. About 122 days a year bring 1 mm or more.

1,041 mm

Rain and snow a year

Wetter than 74% of Canadian towns

818 mm

Of it as rain alone (79%)

103 mm

October, the wettest month

66 mm

February, the driest month

Rain and snow by month

Millimetres

103 mm

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Rain alone by month

Millimetres

102 mm

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Snow

Snowfall: about 217 cm in a normal year

From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 52 cm.

217 cm

Snowfall a year

Snowier than 80% of Canadian towns

Days a year with 0.2 cm of snow or more

101

Days a year with 1 cm or more on the ground

11 cm

Snow on the ground at the end of January, the deepest month

Snowfall by month

Centimetres

52 cm

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Snow on the ground by month

Centimetres at month’s end

11 cm

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Heating

Heating a home in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.

4,281 heating degree days (below 18°C)a year, 1991–2020

2,247 growing degree days (above 5°C)a year, 1991–2020

Think of it as a year’s worth of daily shortfalls below 18°C, added up. Homes here need less heating than 62% of Canadian towns.

Living here

Living with Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s climate

Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.

The garden window

Count on about 167 frost-free days: the last frost averages 29 April, the first 14 October.

Get outside

Plan time outside for May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep: highs of 17–27°C and nights no colder than 8°C.

Parks & trails →

Wind chill

Bitter wind chill, under −20, comes on about 40 days a year.

Humidex

Plan shade and water for about 50 days a year above 30 on the humidex.

Storms and extremes

Thirty years of averages say little about one bad storm; Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s hazards page does.

Flood & hazards →

Weather station

ECCC’s normals location: Montréal Trudeau (Airport)

ECCC builds the Montréal Trudeau (Airport) normals from 3 stations’ records over 1991–2020, joined where one replaced another.

Distance from the town	17 km north-east
Station altitude	36 m
Completeness	meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule
WMO standard normals	No
Coldest reading, 1991–2020	−31.8°C
Hottest reading, 1991–2020	36.6°C
Average wind	15.4 km/h on average, most often from the west
Next-nearest location	Lachute, 40 km

Compared with other towns

How Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue 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.

July afternoons26.7°C

Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueMedian Canadian town

18°C20°C22°C24°C26°C28°C

Warmer than 78% of Canadian towns4th warmest of 513 towns of 2,500+ in Quebec

January nights−13.5°C

Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueMedian Canadian town

−30°C−25°C−20°C−15°C−10°C−5°C

Milder than 51% of Canadian towns

Rain and snow a year1,041 mm

Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueMedian Canadian town

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Wetter than 74% of Canadian towns

Snowfall a year217 cm

Sainte-Anne-de-BellevueMedian Canadian town

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Snowier than 80% of Canadian towns

Next door

Nearby towns’ climate

The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s would only repeat its figures. The nearest places to Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue with figures are 15–21 km away.

Town	July high	January low	Rain & snow
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Montréal Trudeau (Airport)	26.7°C	−13.5°C	1,041 mm
Kanesatake 15 km · Lachute	26.5°C about the same	−14.7°C 1.2°C colder	1,178 mm
Saint-Clet 21 km · St-Anicet	26.7°C about the same	−13.0°C 0.5°C milder	1,047 mm

Month by month

Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue weather by month

Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.

Month	High	Low	Mean	Rain & snow	Snow
January	−5.0°C	−13.5°C	−9.2°C	86 mm	52 cm
February	−3.4°C	−12.4°C	−8.0°C	66 mm	47 cm
March	2.4°C	−6.5°C	−2.0°C	77 mm	37 cm
April	11.3°C	1.1°C	6.2°C	90 mm	15 cm
May	19.4°C	8.3°C	13.9°C	86 mm	0 cm
June	24.2°C	13.8°C	19.0°C	84 mm	0 cm
July	26.7°C	16.7°C	21.7°C	91 mm	0 cm
August	25.7°C	15.6°C	20.6°C	94 mm	0 cm
September	21.1°C	10.9°C	16.0°C	89 mm	0 cm
October	13.2°C	4.5°C	8.9°C	103 mm	1 cm
November	6.1°C	−1.7°C	2.3°C	84 mm	16 cm
December	−1.2°C	−8.7°C	−5.0°C	92 mm	48 cm
Year	11.7°C	2.3°C	7.0°C	1,041 mm	217 cm

Year to year

March: −26.9°C at its coldest, 25.8°C at its warmest

The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.0°C from −9.2°C. June moves least, typically by 1.1°C.

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Record low to record high, 1991–2020Normal

Sources

Where Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s numbers come from

Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.

Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at Montréal Trudeau (Airport), the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
Comparisons: the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ across Canada, each on its nearest normals location, without the city totals or the reserves.
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 Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue’s climate

How warm does Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue get in summer?

At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.7°C.

How cold does Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue get in winter?

A typical January night falls to −13.5°C, the year’s low point.

How much rain and snow does Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue get?

October is the wettest month at 103 mm and February the driest at 66 mm, for 1,041 mm over the year.

How long does snow stay on the ground?

About 101 days a year have 1 cm of snow or more on the ground.

Are these figures for Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue itself?

They are the closest available: the normals for Montréal Trudeau (Airport), since Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue has none.

Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue →

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).