Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.0July in Sainte-Barbe runs hotter than in 78% of Canadian towns
On a normal January night the air cools to about −13.0°C. From frozen January to warm July, readings climb 40°C. Counting rain and snow together, it is wetter than 78% of Canadian towns. Ice scrapers and block heaters earn their keep on roughly 147 days a year at 0°C or below.
These are not Sainte-Barbe’s own readings: ECCC keeps no normals there, so the page uses St-Anicet, 10 km south-west.
A year in Sainte-Barbe at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Barbe’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Barbe feels like
Each season’s and each month’s usual high and low, 1991–2020.
147 frost days and 121 days above 20°C a year
Frost comes from October to April; in January almost every night freezes. On about 13 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 1,047 mm of rain and snow a year
October is the wettest month and February the driest. Some 141 days a year see 1 mm of rain or snow or more.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
Snowfall: about 170 cm in a normal year
From November to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 44 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Snow on the ground by month
Centimetres at month’s end
Heating a home in Sainte-Barbe
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
The total grows by a degree for every degree a day’s mean sits under 18°C. In heating terms, homes need less heating than 67% of Canadian towns.
Living with Sainte-Barbe’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest days.
On average the last spring frost comes around 28 April and the first autumn frost around 7 October: about 161 frost-free days between.
Warm afternoons without cold nights, 17–27°C and 8°C or more, mark May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep.
Parks & trails →Wind chill falls below −20 on about 36 days a year: cover skin and dress in layers.
A humidex above 30 marks about 60 days in a normal year.
A normal year has no blizzard, flood or heat wave in it; Sainte-Barbe’s hazards page looks at those.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: St-Anicet
Behind the 1991–2020 normals for St-Anicet are 2 stations, which ECCC combines into one record.
| Distance from the town | 10 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 53 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −38.0°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.0°C |
| Average wind | 10.8 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Cornwall, 44 km |
How Sainte-Barbe 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
The nearest places on a normals location of their own: those that share Sainte-Barbe’s would only repeat its figures. Sainte-Barbe has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 21–27 km out.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Barbe St-Anicet | 26.7°C | −13.0°C | 1,047 mm |
| Les Cèdres 21 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C 0.5°C colder | 1,041 mm |
| Sainte-Marthe 25 km · Lachute | 26.5°C about the same | −14.7°C 1.7°C colder | 1,178 mm |
Sainte-Barbe weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.1°C | −13.0°C | −8.7°C | 73 mm | 44 cm |
| February | −2.7°C | −12.1°C | −7.5°C | 59 mm | 41 cm |
| March | 2.8°C | −6.2°C | −1.6°C | 67 mm | 33 cm |
| April | 11.3°C | 1.6°C | 6.6°C | 97 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19.5°C | 8.5°C | 14.0°C | 90 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.3°C | 13.8°C | 19.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.7°C | 16.2°C | 21.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.8°C | 15.0°C | 20.3°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.6°C | 11.0°C | 16.2°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 14.0°C | 4.9°C | 9.5°C | 109 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.6°C | −1.0°C | 3.0°C | 81 mm | 10 cm |
| December | −0.3°C | −7.6°C | −4.2°C | 77 mm | 34 cm |
| Year | 12.1°C | 2.6°C | 7.3°C | 1,047 mm | 170 cm |
From −29.0°C to 27.0°C: March’s coldest and warmest days since 1991
From one year to the next, January’s average typically shifts by 3.2°C around its normal of −8.7°C, the widest of any month, while August’s shifts by 1.0°C.
Where Sainte-Barbe’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: the 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals at St-Anicet, the closest ECCC location with twelve months of temperature normals.
- 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: sunshine, not in ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals, and the effect of the town’s height, for which there is no figure.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Barbe’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Barbe get in summer?
Peak warmth comes in July, at about 26.7°C by mid-afternoon.
How cold does Sainte-Barbe get in winter?
The coldest nights come in January, averaging −13.0°C.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Barbe get?
Rain and snow add up to about 1,047 mm of water a year; October brings the most (109 mm), February the least (59 mm).
How long does snow stay on the ground?
Around 110 days a year see 1 cm of snow or more lying.
Are these figures for Sainte-Barbe itself?
They are borrowed from St-Anicet, the nearest place to Sainte-Barbe where ECCC publishes 1991–2020 normals.
Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence Today’s forecast for Sainte-Barbe →
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).