Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines has colder winter nights than 75% of Canadian towns
High summer brings afternoon highs near 26.6°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 74% of Canadian towns. Temperatures cover 43°C across the year, low to high. Warm coats and heating bills mark the months from October to April, when means dip under 10°C.
These are not Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses L'Assomption, 30 km east.
A year in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
About 161 frosts and 119 warm days a year
Frost comes from October to May; in January almost every night freezes. On about 24 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
About 1,041 mm of rain and snow a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. On about 122 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
ECCC’s L'Assomption normals leave out precipitation and snow; both come from Montréal Trudeau (Airport) here, 33 km away.
About 217 cm of snow a year
The snow season runs October to April; January brings the most, about 52 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
Warm days count for nothing; each colder day adds how far its mean sits below 18°C.
Living with Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s climate
What the normals mean for a garden, a day outside and the depth of winter.
For long days outdoors, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep bring highs of 17–27°C and lows of 8°C or more.
Parks & trails →About 44 days a year bring a wind chill under −20, when bare skin chills fast.
Plan shade and water for about 49 days a year above 30 on the humidex.
Storms, floods and heat waves sit outside these normals; Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s hazards page covers them.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: L'Assomption
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for L'Assomption, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 30 km east |
| Station altitude | 21 m |
| Completeness | meets the WMO “3 and 5” rule |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 33 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −40.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.2°C |
| Average wind | 10.0 km/h on average, most often from the south-west |
| Next-nearest location | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 33 km |
How Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines 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-Anne-des-Plaines’s own would show the same figures).
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines L'Assomption | 26.6°C | −16.0°C | 1,041 mm |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides 9.8 km · L'Assomption | 26.6°C about the same | −16.0°C about the same | 1,041 mm |
| Blainville 11 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 2.5°C milder | 1,041 mm |
| Sainte-Sophie 12 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 1.3°C milder | 1,178 mm |
Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −5.9°C | −16.0°C | −10.9°C | 86 mm | 52 cm |
| February | −4.0°C | −14.8°C | −9.4°C | 66 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 1.8°C | −8.3°C | −3.2°C | 77 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 10.8°C | 0.1°C | 5.5°C | 90 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 19.2°C | 7.2°C | 13.2°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 12.4°C | 18.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 14.8°C | 20.7°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.5°C | 13.7°C | 19.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.1°C | 9.2°C | 15.2°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.0°C | 3.2°C | 8.1°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 5.4°C | −2.7°C | 1.3°C | 84 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −1.9°C | −10.2°C | −6.1°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| Year | 11.3°C | 0.7°C | 6.0°C | 1,041 mm | 217 cm |
A January here can run warm or cold, its average moving by about 3.1°C; the steadiest month is June
Bars run from each month’s record low to its record high since 1991. March spans the most, from −29.5°C (1992) to 26.0°C (2012).
Where Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the Canadian Climate Normals, 1991–2020, at L'Assomption (the closest location with all twelve months of temperatures).
- Other locations: where a location publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, the nearest one that does supplies it, named beside those figures.
- Comparisons: every place of 2,500+ in Canada but the city hubs and the reserves, each on its nearest ECCC location.
- Not on this page: hours of sunshine, missing from the 1991–2020 normals, and a height correction: the town has no elevation on file.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines get in summer?
A normal July afternoon tops out at about 26.6°C, the year’s high point.
How cold does Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines get in winter?
Expect nights around −16.0°C in January; no month is colder.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines get?
Measured as water, a year brings 1,041 mm: 103 mm in October, the wettest month, and 66 mm in February, the driest.
Are these figures for Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines itself?
No, the station behind them is L'Assomption, beyond Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines’s boundary.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines →
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