Precipitation in Sainte-Clotilde tops that of 74% of Canadian towns: 1,041 mm a year
Nights in January average −13.6°C. Summer afternoons here are warmer than in 70% of Canadian towns. Some 40°C separates winter nights from summer afternoons. Garden chairs stay out from June to September, the months with highs of 21–27°C.
ECCC publishes no normals for Sainte-Clotilde itself; the figures are those of L'Acadie, 31 km north-east.
A year in Sainte-Clotilde at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What stands out about Sainte-Clotilde’s climate
Compared with Canadian towns, with its place among towns of 2,500+ in Quebec beside it.
What a year in Sainte-Clotilde feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
About 149 frosts and 124 warm days a year
From October to April frost is routine, and in January it comes on almost every night. Deep cold, under −20°C, comes on about 15 nights a year.
Frost days by month
Average days at 0°C or below
Days above 20°C by month
Average days
Rain and melted snow: about 1,041 mm a year
October brings the most rain and snow; February, the least. On about 122 days a year, 1 mm or more falls.
Rain and snow by month
Millimetres
Rain alone by month
Millimetres
L'Acadie publishes no full year of precipitation or snowfall, so these figures, and the snow below, come from Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 38 km away.
Snowfall: about 217 cm in a normal year
From October to April snow is likely; January is the peak, at about 52 cm.
Snowfall by month
Centimetres
Heating a home in Sainte-Clotilde
93% of a year’s heating need falls between October and April. Months averaging under 10°C: October to April.
ECCC sums, over the year, how many degrees each day’s average falls short of 18°C.
Living with Sainte-Clotilde’s climate
The averages read for the garden, the outdoors and the coldest and hottest 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 →Winter brings about 36 days with a wind chill below −20.
On some 50 days a year the humidex climbs past 30.
For blizzards, floods and wildfire, turn to Sainte-Clotilde’s hazards page.
Flood & hazards →ECCC’s normals location: L'Acadie
The page’s figures are ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals for L'Acadie, one of its 450 normals locations.
| Distance from the town | 31 km north-east |
| Station altitude | 44 m |
| Completeness | at least 20 years |
| WMO standard normals | No |
| Precipitation from | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 38 km |
| Coldest reading, 1991–2020 | −32.5°C |
| Hottest reading, 1991–2020 | 36.1°C |
| Average wind | 11.4 km/h on average, most often from the west |
| Next-nearest location | Montréal Trudeau (Airport), 38 km |
How Sainte-Clotilde 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-Clotilde’s would only repeat its figures.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain & snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Clotilde L'Acadie | 26.6°C | −13.6°C | 1,041 mm |
| Saint-Chrysostome 6.7 km · L'Acadie | 26.6°C about the same | −13.6°C about the same | 1,041 mm |
| Saint-Urbain-Premier 11 km · Montréal Trudeau (Airport) | 26.7°C about the same | −13.5°C about the same | 1,041 mm |
Sainte-Clotilde weather by month
Each month’s normals, 1991–2020: high, low, mean, precipitation and snowfall.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain & snow | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.3°C | −13.6°C | −9.0°C | 86 mm | 52 cm |
| February | −2.9°C | −12.7°C | −7.8°C | 66 mm | 47 cm |
| March | 2.6°C | −6.7°C | −2.1°C | 77 mm | 37 cm |
| April | 11.1°C | 0.7°C | 5.9°C | 90 mm | 15 cm |
| May | 19.5°C | 7.8°C | 13.7°C | 86 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24.2°C | 13.2°C | 18.7°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26.6°C | 15.5°C | 21.1°C | 91 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25.3°C | 13.9°C | 19.6°C | 94 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21.4°C | 9.7°C | 15.6°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 13.6°C | 4.1°C | 8.9°C | 103 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 6.1°C | −1.7°C | 2.2°C | 84 mm | 16 cm |
| December | −0.7°C | −8.6°C | −4.7°C | 92 mm | 48 cm |
| Year | 11.9°C | 1.8°C | 6.8°C | 1,041 mm | 217 cm |
January varies most from one year to the next (2.9°C), August least
Over 1991–2020, March saw both −28.7°C (2003) and 25.4°C (2012), the widest span of any month.
Where Sainte-Clotilde’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Normals: ECCC’s 1991–2020 Canadian Climate Normals for L'Acadie, the nearest location with a full year of temperatures.
- Other locations: precipitation and snowfall come from the nearest location that publishes all twelve months of them, as named above.
- Comparisons: Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500, each placed by its nearest location (city totals and reserves excluded).
- Not on this page: sunshine, absent from every 1991–2020 location, and an altitude correction, for want of the town’s own elevation.
Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 · ECCC Data Services End-use Licence. Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Questions about Sainte-Clotilde’s climate
How warm does Sainte-Clotilde get in summer?
At its warmest, in July, the normal high is 26.6°C.
How cold does Sainte-Clotilde get in winter?
Lows sink to −13.6°C on an average January night.
How much rain and snow does Sainte-Clotilde get?
1,041 mm a year counting snow as water. The wettest month is October (103 mm); the driest, February (66 mm).
Are these figures for Sainte-Clotilde itself?
Not as such: L'Acadie is the nearest normals location, and Sainte-Clotilde has none.
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