Photo: Ataboy75 · Public domainSainte-Anne-de-Sorel is wetter than 82% of Canadian towns: 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 26.0°C on average. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 41°C. In January, nights here are colder than in 71% of Canadian towns. Plan for rain or snow on about 145 days a year, the days with 1 mm or more.
These are not Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses Fleury, 29 km south.
A year in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel feels like
Seasons and months as ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals give them: a typical day’s high and low.
About 161 frosts and 115 warm days a year
From September to May frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Some 20 nights a year drop under −20°C.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
About 1,109 mm of rain and snow a year
August brings the most rain and snow; February, the least.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 202 cm in a normal year
The snow season runs October to April; December brings the most, about 49 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel
92% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Heating degree days total each day’s gap between its mean temperature and 18°C.
Living with Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s climate
Gardening, time outside, winter cold and summer heat, from the 1991–2020 normals.
Between the last frost, near 12 May, and the first, near 27 September, lie about 136 frost-free days.
Mild days and mild nights together (17–27°C by day, 8°C or more at night) belong to Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: Fleury
Fleury is one of the 450 places where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
| Distance from the town | 29 km south |
| Station altitude | 31 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −39.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 35.1°C |
| Next-nearest location | Nicolet, 37 km |
How Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s would only repeat its figures. Distances here run 14–19 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel Fleury | 26.0°C | −14.8°C | 1,109 mm |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier 14 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C 0.6°C warmer | −16.0°C 1.2°C colder | 1,109 mm |
| Saint-François-du-Lac 17 km · Nicolet | 25.7°C about the same | −16.4°C 1.6°C colder | 948 mm |
Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel 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 | −5.8°C | −14.8°C | −10.5°C | 81 mm | 45 cm |
| February | −3.8°C | −13.6°C | −8.6°C | 61 mm | 43 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −7.3°C | −2.7°C | 71 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 10.5°C | 0.6°C | 5.8°C | 96 mm | 13 cm |
| May | 19.1°C | 7.4°C | 13.2°C | 98 mm | under 1 cm |
| June | 23.9°C | 12.7°C | 18.4°C | 102 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.0°C | 14.9°C | 20.2°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.0°C | 13.7°C | 19.3°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 20.7°C | 9.4°C | 15.1°C | 97 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.6°C | 8.4°C | 108 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 5.5°C | −2.0°C | 1.9°C | 90 mm | 12 cm |
| December | −2.0°C | −9.3°C | −5.9°C | 85 mm | 49 cm |
| Year | 11.2°C | 1.3°C | 6.2°C | 1,109 mm | 202 cm |
From −31.0°C to 25.5°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
The month to count on least is January: one year in three its average strays more than 3.1°C from −10.5°C. August moves least, typically by 0.9°C.
Where Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at Fleury (the closest location with all twelve months 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 Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel get in summer?
Midsummer means July, with afternoons near 26.0°C on a typical day.
How cold does Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel get in winter?
Lows sink to −14.8°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel get?
August is the wettest month at 114 mm and February the driest at 61 mm, for 1,109 mm over the year.
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 106 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel itself?
Not directly: Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel has no ECCC normals of its own, and Fleury stands in for it.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel →
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).